I am finally catching up after my five-day Thanksgiving trip to Grand Junction. I spent two nights with my brother Jacob and his wife Lisa with their two great daughters Aura and Emie. We had Thanksgiving dinner at Sue's, Lisa's mother. My father with brothers Jesse and Jarrett, also came to dinner. My father, a recovering Jehovah Witness, rarely attends these sorts of events but he had a good time. My brother Judd, along with his girlfriend Devon, and their son Keegan, also showed up for dinner.
Friday I babysat Keegan while Judd ran some errands. Keegan is still on oxygen but he is growing quickly and really interacts well with everyone. I haven't babysat in a while and while I am happy that I don't have children, growing older with a large family means that I can enjoy my nephews and nieces without needed to add to the gene pool.
On Saturday I went clothes shopping, mainly work clothes, and then in the afternoon I drove out to visit my mother and sister Angie. We went on a drive in my new Rodeo, and drove over East Orchard Mesa. Mom showed one of the houses she cleans for and we stopped at a new (to me) Colorado State Wildlife Area named after Tilman Bishop. I meet Bishop once at a concert when I stayed summers during college with my grandparents. My grandfather Bob, knew Bishop and introduced me. That was a while ago. The new wildlife area drops down to South side of the Colorado river and while it was cold, I feel good that this area is now protected.
Saturday night I went shopping at the Barnes and Noble and I ran into an old friend, Ross. Ross is a manager there and next time I'm Grand Junction, we will try to get together. I purchased two books; a richly illustrated hardback edition of Miyamoto Musashi's A Book of Five Rings and a paperback of Neal Stephenson The King of Vagabonds. I didn't realize until I got home that it was already included in Quicksilver so I'll just donate the paperback and order The Confusion through Marmot.
My brother Jarrett will be here tomorrow afternoon so we can go snowboarding at Crested Butte this weekend. Jesse and Jake are planning to come up this weekend. I need to look for a cheap snowboard and bindings. Jarrett has an extra pair of boots. My old snowboard was one of the many things that were stolen in my years in Salt Lake City.
Next posts I will write about possible plans to start teaching Aikido in the Gunnison Valley and some thoughts about Knox College.
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