The Grand College Tour: Day 2

This morning Susie and I got up really early to go to church with Grandma and Grandpa. I was actually kind of surprised both I and Susie managed to drag ourselves out of bed at 7:30. I think Grandma was as well. It's the first time Susie's been at church in forever. It was funny-we got there a little early-before Grandma and Grandpa--so we waited in the foyer, and one of the people in the ward (who I'm pretty sure we never met) recognized us as Rees's. Susie said the same thing happened last time she went to church. Weird. I hardly remember anyone in Austin anymore. Anyway, the program was somewhat disappointing. The choir was tackling a very ambitious musical Easter presentation and the results were mixed. Some of it went well (especially a solo by one of the tenors). Other parts dragged. I wish they had given time to just one talk. Afterwards, we stopped by the Family History center (that's Grandpa's calling now). There we Aunt Linda told us Sister Hinkley died last week. I didn't believe it at first because I figured I at least would have heard about it, being in Utah and all. But we did some Internet research and it was true. From there, Susie dropped me off at Grandma's and I had Breakfast and a nap. Susie and Amy and Brenden came over around 4, and we had Easter dinner. Ham, potatoes, cabbage, and bread. And buttercream cake for desert. Best dinner I've had in a while-and a very compelling reason to come to UT. The only bad part of the whole evening was when someone brought up politics. Susie's gotten a little feisty about that, and so she and Grandma really started going at it. I stayed out of it of course because neither side would have benefited from my political leanings and it just would have prolonged the argument. I think most of all I was disappointed with Susie-arguing too much by the emotion of being under attack, and not offering a more calculated analysis. Most of what came out of her mouth sounded like regurgitated rhetoric. I would have hoped she'd have become more of an intellectual from UT by now, but instead she's just as indoctrinated as she believes Grandma is. She only sees the side she wants to see and doesn't try to understand the other sides. Anyway, besides that, we had a good time. It was good to be with family again.

Posted April 11, 2004 (11:40 PM) | Comments (1)