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Sep. 7th, 2004 09:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
which_chickI went to the family picnic yesterday. My family, which I suppose kindly inclusive liberal sorts would call "blended", reminds me of a cuisinart accident, only with rather more blood and screaming.
Now, I don't drink much at all in my day-to-day life, but for family functions, booze is anaesthetic, social lubricant, and the duck's back for those comments that I need to be able to pretend I didn't hear. It works reasonably well. Yit seems happier than I've seen her in years, which I expect is a good thing. She looks less brittle, anyway. Amy (Larry's wife) was delightful, and her kids were adorable. I lost at arm-wrestling to Christian, three falls out of three. (He's five.) Roy said the amount of hamming that took place during those losses was WWF-worthy. *sigh*
In the department of truly petty, cold-hearted victories, I was distinctly pleased to note that I am more successful at quitting smoking than my dad's wife. So go me! (Am I really this petty? Yes. Oh, yes.)
Now, I don't drink much at all in my day-to-day life, but for family functions, booze is anaesthetic, social lubricant, and the duck's back for those comments that I need to be able to pretend I didn't hear. It works reasonably well. Yit seems happier than I've seen her in years, which I expect is a good thing. She looks less brittle, anyway. Amy (Larry's wife) was delightful, and her kids were adorable. I lost at arm-wrestling to Christian, three falls out of three. (He's five.) Roy said the amount of hamming that took place during those losses was WWF-worthy. *sigh*
In the department of truly petty, cold-hearted victories, I was distinctly pleased to note that I am more successful at quitting smoking than my dad's wife. So go me! (Am I really this petty? Yes. Oh, yes.)
