So Wednesday rolled around and with it came Grandma Mimi. Grandma Mimi is Lindsay’s Grandmother on her Mother’s side and she is old school New York Jewish…and hysterical. Seriously, the woman has a great sense of humor and for her age is in very good shape!

Wednesday was also cookie making day! Sugar cookies, oatmeal cookies, and tons of Mexican Wedding cookies which Lindsay’s Father loves as much as I love sugar cookies! I helped out but due to my large hands my Mexican Wedding cookies ended up the size of golf balls…which is to say about 100% larger than they should be!

On Wednesday I also met one of Lindsay’s brothers…Kevin. Yes…his name is Kevin also and for the rest of the week, daily on average, there were about 2 dozen conversations that were similar to this or some variation of: “Kevin can you do this?”…”No, OTHER Kevin.”

Kevin was a very polite guy and has excellent taste in clothing. He is about the same weight/build as I am but two inches taller. I have to say that it was a little strange being around someone taller than I am as it has been probably 15 years since I’ve had that experience. My personal opinion is that Kevin is a very thoughtful, quiet guy, who tends to sit back and observe rather than jump right in on things.

The evening saw the arrival of Lindsay’s best friend Liz, Liz’s boyfriend, and Liz’s parents, the Jackson’s. The Jackson’s and Krieg’s have known each other for a long time and there was plenty of great conversation and laughter around the dinner table. Lindsay and Liz broke out some old pictures…some of which were traumatic to me. When your better half is eleven years younger than you, you do NOT want to see her as an 11-year old because all I could think was, “I was 22 at that time!”

Lindsay and Liz would go into these giggle fits that were hysterical but I derived my most amusement from Kevin…OTHER Kevin. Lindsay, the Jacksons, and her parents are all pretty liberal, ex-hippie types. Kevin is a bit more conservative in his business or political views. Kevin…OTHER Kevin…has this very quick, subtle delivery where someone would make some liberal political statement and he would slip a zinger in…just to mess with everyone else.

It was a great evening and I read until the wee hours of the morning and finished the book I had started the day before.