Ah to be old...

I just remembered a rather funny moment that I had that I just do not want to forget. On a side note, it is almost scary how easily I forget things lately...

This past Thanksgiving we decided to head back to WI to join the Jamiesons. We have not been up there in a few years so it was interesting to see how some people changed! The Jamieson side of the family typically celebrates over the turkey and being somewhere in the 90s, my Uncle Ed's father George was also there. George grew up in Chicago all of his life and is what I have always imagined a 90 year old man who grew up in Chicago all of his life to be like. Loud, opinionated and very, very interesting. He has told us of some interesting stories about Chicago from when he was growing up. You know, the good old times. Anyway, George is beginning to show his years. His wife died recently and I believe the last time we attended Thanksgiving she was still alive. For the most part, he sat in a chair, drinking his wine that had added gelatin to it so he could not aspirate the wine. Talking with him is still interesting, you just find yourself repeating yourself a lot and even after the third time, you are not sure if the message was ever received.

Dinner was taking a LONG time to come. The turkey was not ready and the smell was killing us all. It was pretty quiet. I was feeding Ellis a sippy cup of Pediasure to tide him over to the big meal. All of sudden, George says, "I am so hungry, I could eat a skunk's asshole." That was by far the funniest thing I have heard in a LONG time. Good thing Clara was not around, I never really want her to reference any animals asshole when she is hungry but oh my goodness was it the perfect thing to hear at the moment. I am not sure if George is going to be around the next time we attend a Jamieson function but I will always remember that skunks asshole!