It was our first tupper for awhile: Last week, Sal was busy prepping for FIRe, Michelle had clean up duty for a work event, and I was recovering from a tough therapy session, so we scrubbed it. The week before, Michelle was in San Antonio and Sally was busy prepping for Fire, so it was just me and Alix and Andy, and the week before that I think Alix was in Vermont and the rest of us couldn't deal.
Lovely Swimming Rama from Michelle for dinner, with rice by Alix, a salad from Jan, and Andy on clean up.
With Sally off at the FIRe Conference, and Craig staying away from tupper for now because it feels too conflict-ridden, and Kathleen on possibly permanent hiatus for similar reasons, we were a small, ragged, and somewhat forlorn crew. Young Andrew joined us with some sort of very unpleasant ailment that he'd picked up in Texas, and was feverish and distinctly pale.
Over supper, we talked about Andy's monologue at Chac, and how various persons have come up to him afterward to comment on the performance, and about Michelle's response to the new version. Finally we chatted a bit about the persistance of the old Daily network, and how many people Michelle and I still count among our friends from those days.
The conversation took a turn for the testy around Ellen Craswell's anti-witchcraft plank for the Washington Republican party, but returned to relative calm when the lucsious little deserts came out.
Here's hoping for happier tupper days ahead. I'm feeling personally I suppose as though we should toss out all the rules and rotations we've tried to put in place this year, since clearly they haven't worked. Not sure what to suggest to improve things, though.
Jan
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