Aneeda72
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It is the 150 year celebration of the Golden Spike, YAY. USA.
Ugh, really, ugh. We are having our May family get together at the celebration along with a few other hundred, if not a couple thousand people. Initially our granddaughter and her family were going with us in our van. Then they changed their mind and her husband decided to take his family. Is that ok grandma?
Yup. Cause that means we go, we see the re-enactment, we eat lunch, we leave. They can stay as long as they like. Great daughter is working on a Girl Scout badge and will be there forever. Call son, he’s already planning on going. Really? Yup.
For the first time they are opening the train tracks to four wheel drive vehicles, and he and a group of hiking buddies have tickets for this four hour drive. Oh, ok. His girlfriend, who is Chinese, wants to see these rails since her people mostly built our railroad systems. He won’t have time for a visit with the family.
Hmm. Yes, you will, it’s your child and granddaughters. You better make some time. Ok, he agrees a little time. Lunch, anyway. We all agreed to leave early and meet there. We get up early, we get our son Joey from the group home, and off we go one hour forty five minutes plus to see two stupid steam engine trains.
Cause its family day. We get there. We walk around. We see everything. We see the first re-enactment of the train meeting. Hmm, but what we don’t see is the family. What the? I call. Sorry grandma, we got up late, we will be there in an hour. Call my son, we are running late we will be there in 45 minutes.
Sigh. We have our walkers. We sit in the shade behind a TeePee. Joey sits on his sweater on the ground. 2000 people ask us is that our TeePee, why, yes, yes it is. 2000 people ask Joey if he built the TeePee, he replies, no, no he didn’t.
5000 million times Joey asks, “when’s lunch.” Just shoot me.
Son and girlfriend arrive. He looks at his watch, we got a half hour. Let’s eat. Walk back to the car, and tail gate as there are no benches, no chairs, no where to sit in this middle of the wilderness park. 15 minutes later granddaughter and her crew arrive. Let’s eat.
Son and girlfriend finish eating, he looks at his watch, sorry, gotta go. They leave. Granddaughter, her husband, the two great grandchildren eat. Can we take some sandwiches for later. Sure. Food is made and packed away. Trash cleaned up. Thanks grandma, sorry we were late, gotta go. And they leave.
Lol. Alrighty then. We pack up. Get into the car. Drive home. My husband turns to me and says nice to see the family. Yup.
Ugh, really, ugh. We are having our May family get together at the celebration along with a few other hundred, if not a couple thousand people. Initially our granddaughter and her family were going with us in our van. Then they changed their mind and her husband decided to take his family. Is that ok grandma?
Yup. Cause that means we go, we see the re-enactment, we eat lunch, we leave. They can stay as long as they like. Great daughter is working on a Girl Scout badge and will be there forever. Call son, he’s already planning on going. Really? Yup.
For the first time they are opening the train tracks to four wheel drive vehicles, and he and a group of hiking buddies have tickets for this four hour drive. Oh, ok. His girlfriend, who is Chinese, wants to see these rails since her people mostly built our railroad systems. He won’t have time for a visit with the family.
Hmm. Yes, you will, it’s your child and granddaughters. You better make some time. Ok, he agrees a little time. Lunch, anyway. We all agreed to leave early and meet there. We get up early, we get our son Joey from the group home, and off we go one hour forty five minutes plus to see two stupid steam engine trains.
Cause its family day. We get there. We walk around. We see everything. We see the first re-enactment of the train meeting. Hmm, but what we don’t see is the family. What the? I call. Sorry grandma, we got up late, we will be there in an hour. Call my son, we are running late we will be there in 45 minutes.
Sigh. We have our walkers. We sit in the shade behind a TeePee. Joey sits on his sweater on the ground. 2000 people ask us is that our TeePee, why, yes, yes it is. 2000 people ask Joey if he built the TeePee, he replies, no, no he didn’t.
5000 million times Joey asks, “when’s lunch.” Just shoot me.
Son and girlfriend arrive. He looks at his watch, we got a half hour. Let’s eat. Walk back to the car, and tail gate as there are no benches, no chairs, no where to sit in this middle of the wilderness park. 15 minutes later granddaughter and her crew arrive. Let’s eat.
Son and girlfriend finish eating, he looks at his watch, sorry, gotta go. They leave. Granddaughter, her husband, the two great grandchildren eat. Can we take some sandwiches for later. Sure. Food is made and packed away. Trash cleaned up. Thanks grandma, sorry we were late, gotta go. And they leave.
Lol. Alrighty then. We pack up. Get into the car. Drive home. My husband turns to me and says nice to see the family. Yup.
