Saturday, 24Jun06

Highlights: Natalia

Today was my sister’s day (= a little surreal, for me personally, but I didn’t see her until 2pm,, so I’ll back-up a minute.

Being home again is great,, but it’s weird that my parents are actually in the process of moving themselves! If you can’t count on your parents to stay put in one place, what can you trust? Ha ha. Just kidding. I thought it was my job to move all about the country, but you gotta go where the work takes you, and that’s great that my folks are moving back to St. Louis. I’m excited that they’re happy & getting a newly renovated place to call home!

Sitting around the breakfast table was fun today. It was just my mom, and our French cousins Jean-Paul & Martine. Not a word of English was spoken until 1pm, when it was time to jump in my tux & go off to the groomsmen- rallying point. (=

Hanging out with the groomsmen was funny. Half of them I was meeting for the first time,, the other half- well I knew their names & shared a few Christmas visits with- but to all of them I was “Natalia’s older brother”,,, stuck somewhere between being the older chaperone, and the potentially crazy Marine who just flew half-way around the world, whom few of them really knew what to expect from. They were a mischievous & fun bunch of guys. None could really stomach the shots of Scotch, or whatever the heck it was in the limo though. Strong medicine!