weekend in Cleveland...

[flea]

I will spare you posting my to-do list before the plane departs tomorrow at 10am (since I haven't yet written the to-do list).

Instead, I offer the following:
What should flea do to avoid in-law induced stultification this weekend?
1. Pretend to be a basketball fan and watch lots of basketball.
2. Take her quilt and work on the damned thing.
3. Watch the children cavort. Use "the baby needs a nap" as an excuse to go read a book somewhere.
4. Get together with serasempre and her wee rascals.
5. All of the above!

How many books should flea pack to keep Casper happy?
1. 3
2. 5
3. 7
4. 10
5. All of the above!

Now to weather.com to see if I need to bring snow boots or not.

I will be darkety-dark among the non computer owners, and will be back Monday dinnertime.

Comments

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

Question 1 - All of the above.

Some things to say if trapped in the basketball room:

"Go Duke! This is Coach K's best coaching job ever." (Note, this only works if Duke is still playing.)

"Do you really think Roy Williams can win a championship with Carolina after all those failures at Kansas?" (Note, this is even better if Carolina loses.)

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

I actually think Carolina has a better team than Duke this year. I think UNC has beaten Duke 2-3 times already.

As a contrarian, the more I hear a team/coach fawned over, the more I dislike them. See also, Yankees.

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

Carolina is the better team. Some are saying it's the best UNC team ever. The question is whether or not Roy can win with them. (I don't much like either team.)

Bobby Knight (boorish bully or charming eccentric?) always makes for entertaining conversation if Texas Tech is still in. Or you can go all girl-power by bringing up the fact that Pat Summit, who coaches the women's team at Tennessee, just passed Dean Smith as the all time winningest NCAA basketball coach, and maybe the channel should be changed to the women's tournament.

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

Heh. I realized you're assuming that everyone else there will be sports fans and I will not. In fact, if we watch basketball, it will be because I suggest it, and I will probably know the most about it. If I suggest it, it will be so that I can read in peace while sort-of watching, and not be prevented from reading by the need to not appear rude.

Now, in my family, as mr. flea noted, "You travel 500 miles so you can all read in the same room." It's funny 'cause it's true.

[veejane.livejournal.com]

...and interrupt each other's reading for heated, meandering debates.

For activities, I suggest coming up with the most complicated, craxy, elaborate recipe you can think of, and then asking the in-laws to help you try it out. (Don't get the no-boil lasagna noodles.)

Double points if you can make it take all day.

[mearagrrl.livejournal.com]

All of the above, for the first one. I have no idea, for the second one!

[orthoepy.livejournal.com]

Don't bring enough books for Casper so you have an excuse to run out to the bookstore.

[cashmerepett.livejournal.com]

Seresempre and the wee rascals are hella fun!!!

[serasempre.livejournal.com]

Thank you! You and your wee rascal are hella fun too.

[serasempre.livejournal.com]

Definitely all of the above. Also, long walks if the weather's good. Make your twice daily constitutional a medical requirement or something.

As a possible solution, if things get rough, call me, I'll call you back and cry on the phone. You can come "comfort" me. If I have the car, we can actually get together, if not, you could run away to a bookstore or something.