12.29.04
Posted in fun at 11:11 pm by
I’m home. Here’s a recap:
Early morning flight from Grand Rapids to Milwaukee.
Plane delayed. Shit.
Flight from Milwaukee to Des Moines.
Baggage handlers take 45 minutes to unload 12 bags in Des Moines.
Rental car, nice weather.
Nice weather turns sour.
Sour weather turns nasty.
Dad is driving. (His passengers have white knuckles, fear for their lives.)
We make it.
2 days with brother and sister in-law.
2 days with their Jack Russel Terrier Zeke.
We vow to never own a Jack Russel Terrier.
I drive back to the airport.
Flight delayed. Shit.
Fly to Milwaukee then to Tampa.
Put winter jacket away for a week!!!
68 degrees.
80 year old Grandma screws up car driving drunk.
Jen’s 20 yr old sister doesn’t take the keys after 2 manhattans, a merlot, and 2 chocolate martinis.
Jen and Brandon have a talk with Jen’s sister about ‘how much is too much.’
Christmas day. Prime Rib, pretentious gated community.
Stocked bar.
Cousin goes out to smoke 9 or 10 joints while his mother stands by making conversation with him.
Disney…the happiest fucking place on earth.
Brandon arrested for attacking Donald Duck. (Okay, that part didn’t happen; but it was a fantasy.)
80 yr old grandma refuses to take a wheel chair into the park.
80 yr old grandma walks the entirity of the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and the Animal Kingdom in two days.
80 yr old grandma is a tank.
I’m sore, she’s not.
Flight home delayed. Shit.
Home late.
Warm bed.
That’s a short recap. There’s probably enough stories and thoughts there to keep me going for a while. As it stands, I’m a little under the weather. I’ll try to let y’all in on my little trip soon, though.
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Posted in fun at 11:11 pm by
I’m home. Here’s a recap:
Early morning flight from Grand Rapids to Milwaukee.
Plane delayed. Shit.
Flight from Milwaukee to Des Moines.
Baggage handlers take 45 minutes to unload 12 bags in Des Moines.
Rental car, nice weather.
Nice weather turns sour.
Sour weather turns nasty.
Dad is driving. (His passengers have white knuckles, fear for their lives.)
We make it.
2 days with brother and sister in-law.
2 days with their Jack Russel Terrier Zeke.
We vow to never own a Jack Russel Terrier.
I drive back to the airport.
Flight delayed. Shit.
Fly to Milwaukee then to Tampa.
Put winter jacket away for a week!!!
68 degrees.
80 year old Grandma screws up car driving drunk.
Jen’s 20 yr old sister doesn’t take the keys after 2 manhattans, a merlot, and 2 chocolate martinis.
Jen and Brandon have a talk with Jen’s sister about ‘how much is too much.’
Christmas day. Prime Rib, pretentious gated community.
Stocked bar.
Cousin goes out to smoke 9 or 10 joints while his mother stands by making conversation with him.
Disney…the happiest fucking place on earth.
Brandon arrested for attacking Donald Duck. (Okay, that part didn’t happen; but it was a fantasy.)
80 yr old grandma refuses to take a wheel chair into the park.
80 yr old grandma walks the entirity of the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and the Animal Kingdom in two days.
80 yr old grandma is a tank.
I’m sore, she’s not.
Flight home delayed. Shit.
Home late.
Warm bed.
That’s a short recap. There’s probably enough stories and thoughts there to keep me going for a while. As it stands, I’m a little under the weather. I’ll try to let y’all in on my little trip soon, though.
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Adam said,
December 29, 2004 at 11:56 pm
Good to hear your back! We’ve all missed ya.
rick said,
December 30, 2004 at 10:49 am
That was good. Thanks for the recap. It reminds me of my trips back home. My favorite line, “We vowed to never own a Jack Russell Terrier.” Great post. Thanks.
Rick
kate said,
December 30, 2004 at 11:08 am
Welcome back! Your family sounds like mine, from the illegal substances to the Energizer-Bunny/Impaired Judgment Grandma. By any chance, did your grandma vote Nader in 2000 as a “protest vote”? Mine did.
Pat Robertson said,
January 1, 2005 at 7:54 pm
As a fellow believer in the Lord Jesus, I find your blog very amusing in spite of all of your mean spritied cussing and poopoo references. Honestly, I do not understand how someone who has Jesus living inside his temple can utter such naughty words - not once but many many times. I suggest that you pray deeply about the use of your words. If you need a good christian male role model, I would like to suggest Kirk Cameron, Carmen (I don’t know his last name), and Mel Gibson. These three men are shining the light in a very dark time in the world.
Steve F. said,
January 3, 2005 at 12:08 pm
I don’t know which one is funnier…you vowing never to own a Jack Russell terrier (good idea, by the way), you being delayed on every flight, enduring the Terminator Grandma, or the idea that Pat Robertson doesn’t remember Carmen’s last name…but they all brought a smile this morning. Peace…
James Ryan said,
August 1, 2005 at 9:05 am
I own a Jack Russell Terrier and i do not regret it. You have to be an experienced pet owner and like to play with your dog to keep a jack russell amused. IF he does not feel loved and be played with constant like he wants to be he will be miserable and be an asshole. Jack Russells are very good dogs though.