Oh, my family.

[Doc_Lobster]

I received two birthday gifts today, one from my dad and one from my sister.

My birthday was November 9th. (this is not unusual, just humorous)

lol

[girlfriday11]

Were they good gifts at least?

[awick14]

lol, What they get you?

[saraandmichael]

its like a little bonus!

what did you get?

how was your thanksgiving trip?

[themysteriouswife]

My birthday is the end of March. My dad called two weeks later in a panic. He forgot my birthday!

[Doc_Lobster]

My dad got me one of those keyboard things that you can use with an ipad, and my sister got me some assorted things from Sephora. Not bad!

Florida trip was SO AWESOME. Spent tons of time with my favorite favorite aunt and uncle, ate pounds of gulf shrimp, beat my dad's ass at scrabble. It was good.

[Doc_Lobster]

They didn't forget, they are just the worst procrastinators ever. lol

[saraandmichael]

Nov 30, 2012 21:51:29 GMT -5 Doc_Lobster said:

My dad got me one of those keyboard things that you can use with an ipad, and my sister got me some assorted things from Sephora. Not bad!

Florida trip was SO AWESOME. Spent tons of time with my favorite favorite aunt and uncle, ate pounds of gulf shrimp, beat my dad's ass at scrabble. It was good.

that sounds lovely!

how did it go with your dad's wife and her kids?

[Doc_Lobster]

I am a terrible person for laughing about this, but I can't help it.

They are SO high maintenance and not at all like the rest of us (my 2 aunts, 2 uncles, dad, me and H, and my sister were there). Like, they spent 2 hours getting ready to hang out at my aunts condo and play scrabble while the rest of us were just wearing jeans or shorts and t-shirts with no particular attention paid to appearance. They also always wanted to go out to dinner, but the reason we get condos is so that we don't have to go out. And so we didn't.

They were clearly not pleased with the way we all behave when we are together - casual, hanging out, constant joking around and ribbing each other. And my dad's wife got her first taste of his real personality and she was pissed.

[saraandmichael]

ugh. who takes two hours to get ready? and why would you want to when you're on a beach vacation?

i'm kind of happy that your dad's wife got pissed. maybe they'll get divorced!

[Doc_Lobster]

Nov 30, 2012 22:34:14 GMT -5 saraandmichael said:

ugh. who takes two hours to get ready? and why would you want to when you're on a beach vacation?

i'm kind of happy that your dad's wife got pissed. maybe they'll get divorced!

Exactly! The whole reason we go to the beach, in the off season, and stay in condos is so that we can just live like animals for a week! My uncle makes a ton of food and we hang out, talk, play games and drink. Life does not get better.

I super love my uncle (the one in the scotch picture from FB). He was kind of eye-rolling about them being all dressed up and I was all, "Maybe they have job interviews." It was a good time.

[saraandmichael]

you looked so happy in that picture. i was super jealous. one of my favorite vacations ever is when we go to key west and rent a house. it has a great pool and we pretty much just all hang around there all day and shoot the shit and the kids go swimming.

[Doc_Lobster]

I was super happy. I never get to see that aunt and uncle, he is afraid to fly (and WON'T under any circumstances) and has bad arthritis so riding in the car for a long time is not really an option. I see my aunt more frequently, but I have always been so close to my uncle and it was wonderful to see him and drink scotch on the deck. Kindred spirit, for sure.