I forgot to write a post about Thanksgiving! Uncle Andy, Maria, and I went to Albuquerque to spend a few days with Maria’s grandparents and our cousins/aunt on my mom’s side. Manolis went to Vegas. As usual, he lost, which is good because he doesn’t play much $$ and it makes him not so excited about playing more.
The weather in NM was great for ABQ, but I was still cold. We spent time with Dad and Ida. Maria does love her grandpa! We went to my cousin’s for Thanksgiving, as usual (Mom’s sister’s kids). They’re Italian. My cousin DeeDee married a Greek, so you can imagine with Italians and Greeks how delicious and plentiful the food was! We always have a great time there. Unfortunately, Maria was overstimulated or something, Andy thought she possibly had a seizure, so we left abruptly after only a couple hours.
My aunt Louise and cousin Susan bought the house next door to DeeDee’s–isn’t that great?! Maria and I went back on Friday to see their house. It’s really nice! They found some old pictures of my mom–a wedding album she gave her mom, plus some other pictures of when she was pregnant with my older brother. What a wonderful surprise!!
We also saw an old high school friend of mine, who I haven’t seen in 20 years or so. She still looks the same. We went over to meet her therapy dog, who’s very sweet, but not in the mood to work. We did get a nice smile from Maria when she first met the dog. Andy went visiting an old friend of his too.
We left Saturday, just long enough not to get on anyone’s nerves, and we missed the storm!