This Wednesday is Allison’s birthday. Tonight she came back from PA and we had dinner with with Mom and Dad, Tara, Erik, Grandma and Grandpa B. And as a special surprise Allison’s mom came down for dinner too. We had meat pie and meatball sandwiches for dinner. We had a very nice time tonight.
Allison’s trip back from PA was uneventful, which is good, her bags will most likely arrive by Tuesday. SouthWest was going to FedEx the bags to her location in PA, so that they would arrive on Monday. They were supposed to call her but they did not. So when she called them they told her that they were shipping the bags back to where she had been staying she got them to send them to the right place. What a nightmare pain in the butt this has been for her.
I also took a few more pictures tonight.
The tree is still up, trying to capture the action in the room. Taylor is a sweetie.
Last night Allison and I watched a very nice movie by Paul Reiser called The Thing About My Folks. The movie starred Paul Reiser and Peter Falk as father and son. I love father and son movies. I love road trip movies and I think Paul Reiser has an excellent flair for dialogue. Both Allison and I loved the movie. It was touching in parts, heartbreaking in others and humorous as well. The Amazon plot synopsis goes like this:
Plot Synopsis: Ben’s dad Sam shows up one night with a note from Ben’s mother (Sam’s wife of 46 years), that she has left. While Ben’s wife and his three sisters try to find her, Ben takes Sam on a day trip to see a farmhouse that’s for sale. The day trip turns into a road trip while dad and son explore their past, their relationship, and why Sam’s wife might have left him. The road trip includes fishing, drinking, playing pool, sleeping under the stars, and frank discussion. Anger simmers close at hand, as do love and hope. Where Sam’s wife is – and why she left – leads to the movie’s resolution.
