Beth started the Sibling Call at precisely 6:00PM (PDT). Her precision was amazing. At 6:01PM (PDT), Beth deftly connected with Karla, after a brief reminder to Trudy that we weren’t going to include her this week.
Our dialogue was rich and robust. Naturally, we spoke viciously and with great cruelty about the two siblings who weren’t involved; making fun of their spouses and their children, ridiculing their appearance and how harshly the aging process has hit them and denigrating their intelligence. It took all of two minutes. We mostly just nodded in silent agreement.
No conversation with Beth is complete without an in depth and articulate discussion of the dump facilities at rest areas in South Dakota and Iowa. This may come as a surprise to many of you, but apparently you can flush the septic system of your motor home there for no charge. The discussion is always invigorating; no matter how many times you have it.
We talked about upcoming vacation plans: Beth to Florida and Las Vegas, Karla to Las Vegas, Mac, with some good fortune, may get all the way to Mosier sometime before Christmas. There was some brief contemplation regarding the “other” siblings and their plans for Yosemite, Hawaii, Santa Barbara… you know, those mundane, overdone “hot spots”. We yawned and changed subjects.
And then I kind of drifted off into a soft haze. I know we were still talking, because my mouth opened and noises came out, but I have no idea what we could possibly still have been discussing. At some point, I realized I was home alone and there were dogs demanding attention. I wandered off. I returned. I’m not sure they really knew I was gone.
The Sibling Call ended at 7:15(PDT)ish.
Report respectfully submitted by the Soon-to-be-ex Secretary General of the Sibling Call.
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Now Mac, you can't call your self the ex secetrary, you did an excelliant job, you just forgot our discussion about the dogs (at your work!) I would have loved to have seen them.
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