Anat chose Georgie V’s; I thought it would be just five of us, so I made Gabie come. Then Matt showed up with Emily, who started working at Banner today, alongside Hannah W. She worked a full hour and a half before coming out to lunch. Grandpa assured her that this doesn’t happen every day.
Gabie had a chocolate milkshake and chocolate chip pancakes, which is enough to turn most of our stomachs, but it made up for having to be out for lunch instead of in front of the television. He feels like he needs a lot of TV time before heading into the wilderness of Wisconsin for camp on Sunday. Matt sat next to him and pummeled him; too bad he didn’t have a little brother.
Anat told us more about training for the 3 Day Breast Cancer Awareness Walk. At her recent check up, the doctor was appalled at the number of calluses on her feet, but Anat thinks of them as a badge of honor. She worked hard to get those calluses, walking for miles each day. Maya, too. Anat says that her entire perspective about distances has changed, and now she has no problem walking a mile or so to someone’s house (unlike all the other kids who jump in the car before even thinking about walking).
Grandma asked about trainers and we talked about different kinds of exercise classes. Janet says that it’s a shame Grandma can’t work out with the physical therapist at Just Be Fit, because he’s so knowledgeable and it would be great to have someone like that to deal with all the aches and pains. Grandma is looking around for someone who can meet her at a better time though, and not on her days when she is taking classes, volunteering at the Holocaust Museum, or playing bridge.
I was starving today. I’d done something weird working out this morning that caused sudden dizziness, and I couldn’t eat anything. After sleeping another two hours, I woke up feeling better, but still didn’t eat until we all met at Georgie V’s. Too bad Maya couldn’t come; she and Becky used to go there so often in high school that they knew all the busboys.
Grandma talked about books she’s reading, and Anat pulled out a thick, juicy looking book that I’d given her. While we discussed books, Matt started chatting with Gabie about buying him a snake, and maybe a paint ball gun. I sort of ended that discussion, but I could see Gabie smiling secretly as if it really might happen. Matt told me that Gabie was surrounded by too many girls; not just in our family, because he also had the Cohen girls mothering him all these years.
He brought up our coming winter vacation in Puerta Vallarta, and Grandma reminded us all that in addition to our girls, the Weiss girls are coming. That reminded us of Danny and Sharon, and Grandma asked if anyone had heard from them about the possibility of joining us all in Mexico. It would be great for Brian and Aaron to have a vacation with all of us; they grew up so far away.
The kids talked about what they want to do in Mexico, like driving an ATV, zip lining, and wave riding. Gabie watched the big guys with sparkling eyes. Emily told a story about Claire, from when they were there as a family. They were on a wave rider when Claire hit her head after a bumpy wave. She asked Milton not to tell Ibby, but later that day she said, “Dad, my tooth is loose.”
Matt leaned over and asked Grandpa if he would buy tickets for this year’s Lollapalooza, and Grandma said absolutely not. Although Grandpa funded all the grandchildren with tickets for the past two years, his response was, “What is Lollapalooza?” The girls had asked him last year, and he agreed before he knew that it was an extremely expensive 3 day bash with concerts going on constantly. Grandma chimed in that everyone had been invited last year (in spite of Matt’s protestations that they’d been out of town), and that they could all pay for themselves. I said, ‘why don’t you ask your dad to pay?’ to which Emily replied, “Have you met Miltie?”
Anat announced that she is going to several eye doctors to determine if she is a candidate for the Lasik surgery. In all the talk about doctors Gabe asked Anat if she would soon be working with a black doctor and a sassy Latina nurse, plus a domineering boss (the cast of the TV show Scrubs?). Everyone had a good laugh, and Grandpa asked who watches Scrubs. He thinks it’s a good show. It’s one of Gabie and Anat’s favorite shows. That led to a conversation between Emily and Anat about another show they love: House.
Matt was actually drawing a full description of how to make a potato gun, and later in the day, Maya, Anat, and Matt took Gabie to Home Depot to get supplies, and now they are outside on our patio shooting all of my potatoes over the fence.
Gabie had a chocolate milkshake and chocolate chip pancakes, which is enough to turn most of our stomachs, but it made up for having to be out for lunch instead of in front of the television. He feels like he needs a lot of TV time before heading into the wilderness of Wisconsin for camp on Sunday. Matt sat next to him and pummeled him; too bad he didn’t have a little brother.
Anat told us more about training for the 3 Day Breast Cancer Awareness Walk. At her recent check up, the doctor was appalled at the number of calluses on her feet, but Anat thinks of them as a badge of honor. She worked hard to get those calluses, walking for miles each day. Maya, too. Anat says that her entire perspective about distances has changed, and now she has no problem walking a mile or so to someone’s house (unlike all the other kids who jump in the car before even thinking about walking).
Grandma asked about trainers and we talked about different kinds of exercise classes. Janet says that it’s a shame Grandma can’t work out with the physical therapist at Just Be Fit, because he’s so knowledgeable and it would be great to have someone like that to deal with all the aches and pains. Grandma is looking around for someone who can meet her at a better time though, and not on her days when she is taking classes, volunteering at the Holocaust Museum, or playing bridge.
I was starving today. I’d done something weird working out this morning that caused sudden dizziness, and I couldn’t eat anything. After sleeping another two hours, I woke up feeling better, but still didn’t eat until we all met at Georgie V’s. Too bad Maya couldn’t come; she and Becky used to go there so often in high school that they knew all the busboys.
Grandma talked about books she’s reading, and Anat pulled out a thick, juicy looking book that I’d given her. While we discussed books, Matt started chatting with Gabie about buying him a snake, and maybe a paint ball gun. I sort of ended that discussion, but I could see Gabie smiling secretly as if it really might happen. Matt told me that Gabie was surrounded by too many girls; not just in our family, because he also had the Cohen girls mothering him all these years.
He brought up our coming winter vacation in Puerta Vallarta, and Grandma reminded us all that in addition to our girls, the Weiss girls are coming. That reminded us of Danny and Sharon, and Grandma asked if anyone had heard from them about the possibility of joining us all in Mexico. It would be great for Brian and Aaron to have a vacation with all of us; they grew up so far away.
The kids talked about what they want to do in Mexico, like driving an ATV, zip lining, and wave riding. Gabie watched the big guys with sparkling eyes. Emily told a story about Claire, from when they were there as a family. They were on a wave rider when Claire hit her head after a bumpy wave. She asked Milton not to tell Ibby, but later that day she said, “Dad, my tooth is loose.”
Matt leaned over and asked Grandpa if he would buy tickets for this year’s Lollapalooza, and Grandma said absolutely not. Although Grandpa funded all the grandchildren with tickets for the past two years, his response was, “What is Lollapalooza?” The girls had asked him last year, and he agreed before he knew that it was an extremely expensive 3 day bash with concerts going on constantly. Grandma chimed in that everyone had been invited last year (in spite of Matt’s protestations that they’d been out of town), and that they could all pay for themselves. I said, ‘why don’t you ask your dad to pay?’ to which Emily replied, “Have you met Miltie?”
Anat announced that she is going to several eye doctors to determine if she is a candidate for the Lasik surgery. In all the talk about doctors Gabe asked Anat if she would soon be working with a black doctor and a sassy Latina nurse, plus a domineering boss (the cast of the TV show Scrubs?). Everyone had a good laugh, and Grandpa asked who watches Scrubs. He thinks it’s a good show. It’s one of Gabie and Anat’s favorite shows. That led to a conversation between Emily and Anat about another show they love: House.
Matt was actually drawing a full description of how to make a potato gun, and later in the day, Maya, Anat, and Matt took Gabie to Home Depot to get supplies, and now they are outside on our patio shooting all of my potatoes over the fence.
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