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This is a rave. Because everyone just shows up and brings beers like they're trying to suck up and be the godfather. But they're not. Plus like a lot of people want to do my normal job which is to hold baby from feeding to feeding so...yeah. works out really well for .me.

Sounds like a lot more fun than the first communion I attended today for a cousin's daughter. There was no beer anywhere to be seen.

Just an offer of a bloody mary. And that would have been quite awkward given that my Mother was with us.

Awkward because of the name of the drink? It's named after Mary Queen of Scots, would that cause tension?

Apologies if I'm missing something, it's 3am and I just got off work and am very tired. Stupid Tartan Day. Silly Scots and their silly suits and heavy drinking and bad tipping. (Weird, two completely unrelated mentions of Scots in one post.)

How many of your rivals are you going to have rubbed out during the festivities?

Maclowery wrote:Awkward because of the name of the drink? It's named after Mary Queen of Scots, would that cause tension?

Apologies if I'm missing something...

My parents have always been vehemently anti-alcohol. My Father had good reason to be, my Mom's practically puritanical.

I just want to say that Saturday was a fun day. It's always good to see everyone, and the weather being nice enough to play washers outside while listening to rooney and shannon and grilling out and watching the final 4 was sweet.

That said, I did not drink as much as I thought I could have, though still plenty enough. And, I had one of the worst headaches in the morning. It could have been due to the 34 lbs of pollen I inhaled throughout the day in the backyard; it could have been due to the probably 20ish beers I drank over the course of 12 hours; it could have been due to sleeping on the floor - horribly. But, I think it was just my body being unable to handle what it once was accustomed to. Lesson learned.

Thank goodness the baptism wasn't until later in the day.

And now we are in the 1st Communion season. One this Saturday, one on 5/4.