Table for 20

This morning, I was up pretty early getting ready to head to Richardson. I made a bunch of margaritas and lemonade drinks for the assembled crowd. Mom had absolutely knocked herself out making just about every kind of finger food she could imagine, but drinks are my area of expertise. 

As I was wrapping up my beverage construction, Aunt Sara and Cousin Ben arrived. In a little while, Aunt Jane and Cousin Annie came along. By the end of the afternoon, I was surrounded by family. Two uncles, four aunts, six cousins, four second cousins, three nephews, two brothers, two parents and a future sister-in-law. It was lovely to have everyone around, but a group that size can be exhausting. 

Most of the crew was headed out in the evening to have Tex-Mex, but when I started counting how many actual people would be at dinner, I came up with 20. That's only because a few folks were sitting out. 

It was just too many people. A restaurant would push together a massive table, and I'm sure it would have been pretty loud. I flaked. I was exhausted, so I went to Cas' place and watched some Netflix. Much more mellow. 

It was so mellow, in fact, that I dozed off on the couch. He was not feeling great, either, so we were really a super-fun couple. 

I did get a good laugh, though. Cas isn't always quick to check his mailbox at his apartment. His front door is pretty far from the leasing office. When I saw a pile of papers he was sorting through in advance of our move with a little bit of mail on top, I mistook it for a gigantic pile of just-retrieved mail. It was not, but the thought of that much unopened mail made me laugh. Have a look:

Anyhow, I'm totally beat, and I have to go do bridesmaid stuff tomorrow. At the end of the day, I'll have a new sister-in-law. Hooray!