Report from New Jersey

The ride down to Jersey was just a joy. Instead of taking my usual route I decided to take a short cut someone told me about. It was a real time saver instead of taking 8 hr it was a 10 1/2 hour nightmare. I forgot how much I loved to drive in stop and go traffic for 3 hours. And to make things just a little more fun, my wife kept saying every 3 minutes "Why in the world would you go this way". Blood pressure up another notch.

We finally arrive at our friends home and start the cool down. My friend asked me do you want a beer? OK. Do you want another? OK. The husband comes home from work. How about a shot of Tequila? OK, Want another? O Tay. I am starting to feel this. Then it's off to the restaurant for some food. "Can I get you something to drink" the waitress says. "Sure bring me a beer" I say. One more beer and our dinner and we are out and on our way to our friends home. Into bed for a good nights sleep. But nooooooooooooooooooo. How about a little acid reflux , thank you very much. But eventually I did fall asleep.

The next day we head out for our first affair, a confirmation. It is my wife's cousins kid. There was a get together after at this great Italian restaurant. Great food, great conversations with people I had not seen in a while. And lots of screaming kids running around for 4 hours. I thought I was going to go nuts. They were so loud and boisterous I could not think. And what were the parents doing while these wild crazy kids were terrorizing the adults. Nothing, as long as the kids weren't killing another child or killing themselves they were just oblivious. I just wanted to find a rope, find a nice sturdy beam and hang myself. But we got thur it and we only have 3 more affairs to go. I hope I make it.