marriage and children and 1812
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chestnutcurlsIt's always harder to come back to work after a long weekend.
We had fun with Em et al. this weekend. The three of us spent Saturday shopping for bridesmaid shoes for MaryElaine and Royce's wedding. Thus begins the flurry of wedding preparations... the bridal shower, the bridesmaid luncheon, the drive to pick up the dresses, the blah blah blah blah blah... :)
Sunday night, a whole troop of us went down to the river to see Cowboy Mouth and go to the Sunset Symphony. The clouds were threatening for a few hours, but it didn't rain, which is the most frustrating kind of weather when you are trying to do something. The orchestra kept taking breaks to wait for it to "blow over." Finally, they skipped the entire second half of the program and went right into the 1812 Overture. We spent the entire overture wondering aloud what the War of 1812 was about; none of us could remember. Our New Orleanians (Em, Daniel, and Royce) knew that the war ended in New Orleans, but that was our only clue. :P After that, we watched the fireworks. There is a new one this year that looks like fireflies. I am excited about seeing more fireworks on the 4th of July (my favorite holiday). :)
Yesterday, we went to a family party at Kathy's brother's house. We spent most of the time playing with her 1-year-old nephew. :) There were several small children there. Em and I were sitting watching them, and I said, "Do you know how crazy it's going to be when we all have kids and we get together like this?" She then figured out that, if we each have the number of kids we want, there will be 11 kids at our gatherings. We told Kathy, who responded sadly, "Oh, so one of them won't have anyone to marry!" :)
This made me think about something. I've been trying to get used to the idea that I may never get married. It seems, to me, very likely that this will be the case. But when we're talking about the future, I'm right there with everyone else talking about what I want at my wedding, and how I'm going to raise my kids. And I mean it! I realized this weekend that I still totally believe that marriage and kids are going to happen for me. I guess most people would think this is a good thing, but to me, it's not. It just means I'm going to be extra disappointed and sad when I'm 35 and living alone with a bunny and a few plants.
Sorry for being depressing. I'm kind of in a bad mood because of a health problem I am having. I've been on antibiotics for a week, but they're not working and I think I will have to go back to the doctor. In the meantime, I'm not very comfortable. I will try to write something cheery later.
We had fun with Em et al. this weekend. The three of us spent Saturday shopping for bridesmaid shoes for MaryElaine and Royce's wedding. Thus begins the flurry of wedding preparations... the bridal shower, the bridesmaid luncheon, the drive to pick up the dresses, the blah blah blah blah blah... :)
Sunday night, a whole troop of us went down to the river to see Cowboy Mouth and go to the Sunset Symphony. The clouds were threatening for a few hours, but it didn't rain, which is the most frustrating kind of weather when you are trying to do something. The orchestra kept taking breaks to wait for it to "blow over." Finally, they skipped the entire second half of the program and went right into the 1812 Overture. We spent the entire overture wondering aloud what the War of 1812 was about; none of us could remember. Our New Orleanians (Em, Daniel, and Royce) knew that the war ended in New Orleans, but that was our only clue. :P After that, we watched the fireworks. There is a new one this year that looks like fireflies. I am excited about seeing more fireworks on the 4th of July (my favorite holiday). :)
Yesterday, we went to a family party at Kathy's brother's house. We spent most of the time playing with her 1-year-old nephew. :) There were several small children there. Em and I were sitting watching them, and I said, "Do you know how crazy it's going to be when we all have kids and we get together like this?" She then figured out that, if we each have the number of kids we want, there will be 11 kids at our gatherings. We told Kathy, who responded sadly, "Oh, so one of them won't have anyone to marry!" :)
This made me think about something. I've been trying to get used to the idea that I may never get married. It seems, to me, very likely that this will be the case. But when we're talking about the future, I'm right there with everyone else talking about what I want at my wedding, and how I'm going to raise my kids. And I mean it! I realized this weekend that I still totally believe that marriage and kids are going to happen for me. I guess most people would think this is a good thing, but to me, it's not. It just means I'm going to be extra disappointed and sad when I'm 35 and living alone with a bunny and a few plants.
Sorry for being depressing. I'm kind of in a bad mood because of a health problem I am having. I've been on antibiotics for a week, but they're not working and I think I will have to go back to the doctor. In the meantime, I'm not very comfortable. I will try to write something cheery later.
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Date: 2002-05-28 10:40 am (UTC)As for the War of 1812 *clears throat and puts on professor's snobby tone* It was sort of our version of the Napoleonic Wars. We were fighting England. Basically England and Napoleon were both cutting off our ships from reaching their shores (trying to punish each other)...so this annoyed us to the point that we basically said whoever doesnt stop it will be at war with us. Napoleon of course stopped it (which didnt matter as England controlled the seas) and we went to war with England (The saying "freedom of the seas" came from then). It was more a war for war mongers though. We had "manifest destiny" in our veins and many people wanted to conquer Canada from the English and increase our size and all, but the war was more or less a defeat for us. And because of poor communications back then, we signed a truce in London with the English a few days before the famous Battle of New Orleans--where we trounced the British...sort of ironic there *end of history lesson--quiz on Monday*. :)
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Date: 2002-05-28 01:02 pm (UTC)