Writing About Nothing: Unrelated things about people I'm related to

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Unrelated things about people I'm related to

Ailments

I was slicing cucumbers on my mandolin slicer. There's a nice guard you attach to whatever you're slicing so that you don't slice your finger. I didn't use the nice guard.

So I sliced off the tip of my thumb.

I called my dad, who is not a medical professional, for medical advice. Namely, should I glue my thumb back together? He said no. And I believed him because he's authoritative.

I had lunch the next day with Marianne and family. When I showed them my sad bandaged thumb, Carolina thought I looked like Gretl in The Sound of Music.

I guess I could do worse.

Emma's also ailing. And I'm worried about her. If for no other reason, she misspelled a word. Emma does not misspell words. Ever.

Here's the text she sent me:

She is very miserably sick and has a classic case of burning the candle at both ends. She also has refused to take a break although I did convince her to stay home today until math. She absolutely will not miss rehearsal. She said Mr. Shelley wouldn't understand (although I think he probably would). I volunteered to be the mother bear and talk to him but she said no.

If she misspells another word, I may have to take some drastic action though.

Beards

In my Nevada family's stake, they are doing a family history project where they are recreating pictures of ancestors.

I love them.

Alexander is our great great grandfather and Jennifer is good with photoshop.

The Johnsons recreated a picture too. This is my maternal grandfather, Homer Jaynes's family. (He's the one in the military uniform.)

Braeden

He got transferred and I am very curious to find out about it! He is now in Barco, North Carolina living in a trailer park by a swamp. Adam said he thinks that has to be on Braeden's bucket list and I think he's right. No more living in the 'hood and now he'll have a car.

Also, it finally got cold in that part of the country.