Cousins Dinner

Let's see, what happened at CPK? Maya and I showed up and waited in the front, only to have Grandma tell us when she walked in that Josh and Grandpa were in the back, with drinks. Josh did not care for his pina colada. Matt and Emily walked in as we were getting our table. We sat and welcomed Hanna, who took the middle of the bench seat (a.k.a. the hardest to get out but comes with the most action. Dani, Becky and Oliver came after, but separated to each side of the table, where there were empty seats. Sevonne arrived last, after we already reheated her pizza and Emily was chomping at the bit to order dessert. We chatted a lot about our summers, Becky was particularly interested in how life at the office was without her. I shared two pizzas with Maya and Emily, keeping the leftovers because I'm the only one in school in Chiago! Sevonne prepped Hannah for college. Everyone questioned Ollie, Matt made fun of his accent. And a few lame jokes. Grandpa told Ollie that his accent was cute. Josh joked that grandpa should ask Ollie his opinion on Tony Blair. Emily saw my new medical school white coat and wants one that "isn't for a halloween costume" because she has a stethoscope that was a costume. I'll see what I can do. We talked about the funny faces that Claire makes at Matt while he's sitting around the house. Dani and I made plans for that night to hang out, but I turned out to be too tired. We confirmed that Becky is both excited and nervous about starting school. Maya, Matt Emily and Becky made plans to attend a movie later that night. We told a lot of funny Sam stories that we knew, including the one where Sam avowed that he wanted to be a banker so that he could poo on every single dollar. It was a really interesting meal, one where everyone laughed and hugged, took pictures and reveled (revelled? dictionary.com says both) in each others' company.