Last night went well. Lisa and I met up with both sets of parents for dinner at the Cock ‘n Bull. What a meal! After my grilled meat spectacular on Saturday night, the chicken breast smothered in gorgonzola sauce and prosciutto has left me contemplating the future of my heart. Lisa wasn’t exactly thrilled to watch my eating habits this weekend, and will probably push for salads all around this week.
As for the family members, everything started smoothly and continued even smoothlier… By the end of the evening we practically had to pull them apart, the conversations never took a break. Pretty amazing considering we even drudged up some political discussions (fortunately both sides adamently dislike Bush). The best part of all the talk, however, was when our fathers started swapping stories about old ballplayers. Even though I still have a distaste for baseball, I know full well what a great unifier its history can play. We all remember the idols from our youth, and love to connect with those of others.
Unfortunately it started raining just as we left the restaurant thus, since all of the shops were already closed, we were forced to call it a night. Probably a good time anyway, but it still felt cut short. That’s one more milestone down – next we’ll need to have the entire families meet.
Actually, there was one other milestone this weekend. Lisa and I opened joint savings and checking accounts at Commerce, although very little money will be in there to begin with. Oddly, these financial unions are not the ones I fear most… But that still remains slightly in the future.
Heh heh, I’ve stopped buying DVDs for myself I know I’m going to buy for Eva… I figure one day we’ll have a bizarre dvd collection spanning zombies and nicholas sparks novels.
Oddly enough, both Eva’s and my parents seem to be very pro-Bush, so even if it came up, they’d get along fine… as long as I could resist making strange faces during the conversation all would be well
Heh. Steve and I still haven’t weeded out doubles. Just can’t do it, though why any family needs two copies of Kind Missle’s “Mystical Shit,” I really can’t fathom.
Mark – the DVD collection is far easier to deal with. That doesn’t have nearly the place in my life that the CD collection has.
Sandy – I don’t blame you. I’m very anal about my CDs, and having to combine them will drive me crazy. But then again, do we really need two copies of Phil Colins’ “Greatest Hits” (especially when neither is mine!)
Mark – the DVD collection is far easier to deal with. That doesn’t have nearly the place in my life that the CD collection has.
True. Plus, Eva and I don’t really have any doubles. Between her love of romance comedies and my copies of CHUD and Boa vs Python, there’s not much to worry about.
But then again, do we really need two copies of Phil Colins’ “Greatest Hits” (especially when neither is mine!)
I think I have a copy as well, so if you want to have three just let me know