Apr 10 2016
Dinner’s Ready
I had dinner made for me by cute teenage boys on Friday evening. That’s not something that happens often enough.
The high school was having a $10 a plate (or Styrofoam container) fundraising dinner to support the sports teams. For your $10, you got BBQ chicken, baked beans, corn, and a roll*:
The kids were manning (or boying, to my aged eyes) the BBQ:
as I pulled up into the arena parking lot, and they brought dinner to my window with a smile, like a drive-through. What’s not to love?
With dinner taken care of, I headed to Safeway, where I found most of the population of the Big Town. I was buying one bottle of wine to go with the dinner Megan made for our brother and his girlfriend, who were expected home from their road trip to Oregon. You can’t use self check out for booze, though you used to be able to, so I was doomed to the inaccurately named express line. At least the girl ahead of me was half my age and buying a six pack of wine.
Megan made enough lasagna to bring some over to Jonathan’s to be ready when he and Rio got home. So they would find dinner and a bottle of wine waiting. I also added some TV shows and movies to his hard drive, and we wrote a little note saying “Welcome home! We missed you! Love from the PIA [Pain in the Ass] Sisters!” Megan also put the heat on and made sure that Scout the mini cat was inside. I think Scout missed Jonathan most of all.
He texted us:
“Dinner was delicious and the wine was fabulous. Far better than both was savoring the love and caring from my sisters. I love you both so much.”
I love my family. All for one and one for all! ♥
*It turned out there was enough food for two dinners. That was a good investment.
A YEAR AGO: Being Gaslighted. But in a good way.