Hi, Bay Area!

[bloodyrosemccoy]

I am in the Bay Area, y'all!

So the train journey went fine, so I guess all those train shenanigans I learned from various murder mysteries was slightly inaccurate. Not one person was murdered. Probably that's a plus.

Then there were a couple days at my 96-year-old grandmother's, hanging with my 47 million aunts and uncles and cousins and miscellaneous probable relations.* And now here I am spending the rest of the weekend with my brother and sister! I'll be checking out their hometown and meeting their Tasmanian Devil of a kitty. So once again, I may stay a little less communicative this weekend. But so far I am still alive!

Hope all y'all are having a good weekend too!

Oh, and if any of my internet pals are around, drop me a note and I'll try to see if we can hang out!


*I am related to EVERYBODY. Had a cousin mention that her daughter had a sister, then hasten to clarify how that worked when said cousin had only one kid, and I was like "at this point I don't even question that. She could have eight sisters with different backstories, and they all would count."

Comments

[beccastareyes]

That sounds rather like my family, though summer and Christmas are the big gathering times.

[westrider.livejournal.com]

Anathem had its problems, but one of the things I really liked about it was the term "sib" for someone who's related to you, but the relation is not entirely clear, or more complicated than you really want to explain. I use it, for example, to refer to my brother's wife's mom's boyfriend's son, who was a co-worker of mine for a few years.