Book Board Chat

Hi, everyone. Just a quick update since I've been among the missing for a few days; had to catch up on all the doings....I agree on the expensive weddings and the high expectations today's young folks seem to have (maybe SOME moms and dads have deep pockets, but good grief!!!) It's the old "keeping up with the Joneses," I guess. When I lived in NY, I dated an Italian for a couple of years, and went to some of the weddings as his date...the receptions were hilarious, sometimes, with the bride's and the groom's families not always getting along, and two armed camps glowering at each other under the big chandeliers, while guests filed slowly by the dais where the couple were seated, handing envelopes of money to them. Same went for a couple of Irish weddings/receptions I attended...I thought the giving of money was far wiser than gifts that might not suit. I learned a lot about how several other religions celebrated nuptials, as well as the way they mourned those who passed on. I even (gasp) was privileged to be dragged - sorry, invited - to what they call a Briss (sp). I could explain it, but maybe I don't need to.

We had two call-outs; one on the 6th of April (a short trip) and then on the 10th, where the boss and I covered almost 1000 miles in two days. We left at 4 a.m. to drive 140 miles to meet the truck, then all the way to Eastern Montana, and north to the Canadian port of entry. We arrived there about 4 p.m. and he told me I could start home. I told him there was no way I was going to drive another 500 miles without stopping for some sleep somewhere. He made it all the way back home by midnight, but I prudently stopped when it began to get dark,, and slept a few hours. There was no need to push like that, and I wasn't about to take a chance. I sometimes think he's a little tetched in the head. lol