Kesher Talk

Showers galore: My fiancee and I are back from a long weekend in Buffalo for her bridal shower. Much of her family turned out, as did my mother, who drove my Bubie and Nana in from Toronto. And a couple of my fiancee's friends came in from Ohio as well (just days after they got back from a much-delayed honeymoon).

As much as I was annoyed at being dragged along for the weekend as some kind of "trophy," it worked out fine. I got bonding time in with my brother-in-law-to-be and my father-in-law-to-be (sorry if all the hyphens make you woozy) and enjoyed meeting all the family folks.

We were showered with mazel and nachas, as well as lots of great presents ... I fear the responsibility for composing thank you notes, which I've been mostly dodging so far, will shift to my shoulders this time.

Oh, and my education in driving the stick shift car proceeded much better than expected. Except for a few instances of stop-and-go traffic jams along the way, I drove quite well. I'm still not sold on the manual transmission concept, but my fiancee's car performs magically at 80 mph, while mine can't easily get past 70...

posted by Howard @ 7/29/2002 11:48:16 AM