My break so far.

Quite a few things have happened in the past day in a half. I'll try to address them all chronologically.

So, yesterday was the glorious event of A Ben's Thanksgiving. I picked up Rin in Mobile at around 11, and made it to Ben's just in time to get some food and a place to sit right as everyone was arriving. In total, we had 19 people actually eating with us outside: Sarah, Lauren, Davis, Meaghan, Kathy, Rin, Myself, Wally, Houston, Sam, Cormano, Erin, Macey, Chris, Jordan, Jew Sam, and then a few others I can't remember. Our tables got so packed, we had to send away a few friends that showed up (Cleveland and his girlfriend Sophie). It was pretty much a complete success and we'll be doing it annually from now on.

Oh, kind of a break in the chronological order of events here, but Rin and I are dating now. :D
It feels kind of odd to be dating someone again. I really hope that she's not like all the other girls I've liked, I want this to work out. :/

But anyway, after A Ben's Thanksgiving, I showed Rin around Fairhope (Took her to all the major places: Coffee Loft, The park, Cleveland's House, the pier) and then brought her back to my house. She met my parents, lol, and then we went up to my room and hung out for the rest of the afternoon. I showed her a bunch of the random trinkets and such that I keep in my room, you know, that sort of stuff. Well, it turns out that my house is pretty boring, so after a few hours I decided to take her back home.

I drove her all the way back to her house in Springhill (About a 40 minute drive) where I was invited inside to say hello to her mother (Who I adore, she's a wonderful lady) and her two older siblings who are in town for the Holiday. I don't think Rin's older sister liked me, but her brother seemed alright.

So I dropped her off and headed back to Montrose to go to my grandparent's house for dinner. When I got there, my Aunt Sue was there, and so were my cousins Matt and Nicole. Matt is basically a more cynical and sarcastic version of me, and Nicole is basically Sarah in fifteen years, but less hyper and more annoying. We spent a while conversing (We were waiting for my cousin Gordon to arrive before we ate dinner), and did some catching up.

This reminded me of how much I love my mum's side of the family. When you, your cousins, your little sister, your aunt, and your grandmother are all reading the articles in Cosmopolitan and pointing out the things that are stupid or just downright untrue, you know you have a certain bond shared between the group.

Soon, Gordon arrived, and all the men went out back to grill the steaks. Gordon just graduated from the Air Force academy back in May or something, and he's working down in Gulfport now. The steaks were done in a bit and we all went inside to eat. After a delicious dinner and witty banter, we said our goodbyes and Matt came back to stay at my house. We spent the night playing video games and making fun of each other, and didn't go to bed until around 5.

And then, we woke up and IT'S THANKSGIVING! So we're celebrating by playing MORE video games while everyone else cleans up and cooks food for us.
I'm thankful that I don't have to do any of that shit, I guess.


-David