Thanksgiving 2017

We spent Thanksgiving in Mapleton. We went down tha morning and came back the next night. Those in attendance: My parents, Mike/Sarah and kids, Dave/Becca and kids, the Cannons, the Stokers, Tristan, and obviously our family. We had over thirty people there. It was great to see others and I'm grateful people were about to make it. We don't get to see those from out of the state very often - so it was nice to have Cyndi's family and Nicole/Danny there. Nicole is pregnant with their first - fun to be excited with them about that. Baby boy is due in February 2018.
I had some issues with the menu because of my missing Layne. Odd how things came about this year with not having Layne around. I'm going to write more about that on my Widow's Might blog.
We had beautiful weather. It was around 60 degrees (F) during the day. There was a little breeze. It wasn't exactly hot - but, definitely seemed warm/nice for the end of November around these parts.

Missing The Point

I took the van in for an oil change today. I talked with the guy about what the service will look like - you know...the time when they try to sell you stuff and have you commit to every service possible. Anyway, I said no to several things and I didn't feel like he was a big fan - but, that's the way it goes. 

As I was speaking with him later...he asked what book I was reading and when I answered he started telling me about his girlfriend and how she reads all the time. How even when they're in bed for the night...she's reading, he asks for attention, is told - "I'm reading"...he told me of his frustration. I feigned interest. He already had someone that was ignoring him - the least I could do was give a listening ear to a stranger that was taking care of my transaction at the same time (read: taking my money:}). I wanted to tell him that the problem isn't that she's reading...it's the fact that she's ignoring him that's the problem. It's a relationship thing. Ask her if you've done something that bothered her. Ask her what you can do to make the relationship better. THAT will get her one step closer to not reading (according to him) 'all the time'. It's not rocket science. I hope he figures it out sooner rather than later. 

Disclaimer: I am not against reading. I love reading. I probably do too much of it myself. Although, the only thing I'm losing is sleep. My partner isn't around to ask for attention. If he were - well...where's my bookmark?:}