Happy Turkey Day
Nov. 28th, 2002 08:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hildy89We're thankful for many things our food, our family... not having to see them again for awhile. I love my family, really I do, and I wanted to spend time with them on Thanksgiving. After all, my parents are now in Florida, visiting family in South Carolina, who else was I to spend the holidays with? I should find a nice cat... or an owl. Or something friendly. Something that doesn't fuss over me wondering if I'm all right. Something that doesn't spend agonizing amount of time discussing subjects I have zero interest in.
Since moving out to Fauquier County, my uncle has become obsessed with the Civil War. He attends reenactments and living history events and he's now an officer in the Mosby Foundation. He even singlehandedly organized the "Blue & Gray Ball" complete with people in period dress and uniform. Even if he looks a bit too... well-fed to be a Confederate officer. He showed us the pictures and video from the ball. His wife looked stunning in her dress. Several people commented she must be a reenactor because she looked so authentic. One thing they discovered: they need to come up with a Ball etiquette for the event next year. Men are supposed to take their hats and sabres off before they come to the ball. And he should have been wearing his hat outside when he welcomed the Black Horse troop inside, something even I knew from one semester from ROTC and he should know from his time with the Navy. And both men and women are supposed to wear gloves during the dancing -- hands weren't supposed to touch. Things like that. Apparently the ball went off very well, but I really do wish he'd reconsider doing the whole organizing next year. He was worn ragged this time around.
Since moving out to Fauquier County, my uncle has become obsessed with the Civil War. He attends reenactments and living history events and he's now an officer in the Mosby Foundation. He even singlehandedly organized the "Blue & Gray Ball" complete with people in period dress and uniform. Even if he looks a bit too... well-fed to be a Confederate officer. He showed us the pictures and video from the ball. His wife looked stunning in her dress. Several people commented she must be a reenactor because she looked so authentic. One thing they discovered: they need to come up with a Ball etiquette for the event next year. Men are supposed to take their hats and sabres off before they come to the ball. And he should have been wearing his hat outside when he welcomed the Black Horse troop inside, something even I knew from one semester from ROTC and he should know from his time with the Navy. And both men and women are supposed to wear gloves during the dancing -- hands weren't supposed to touch. Things like that. Apparently the ball went off very well, but I really do wish he'd reconsider doing the whole organizing next year. He was worn ragged this time around.
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Date: 2002-11-29 06:05 pm (UTC)Honestly, you're lucky. My family's name should appear under the dictionary entry for "indifferent". (Except for my grandmother, but she's the food-dispensing type of fusser. I don't want five pounds of turkey in one sitting!)
Have you actually met a friendly cat? Mine is, well... just like family.
The "subjects of zero interest" thing sounds familiar, though. My relatives' favorite is--surprise--comparing medical woes.
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