Happy Thanksgiving, Sherrie.

From: sb@email.com
To: thegirls@email.com
Subject: This Thanksgiving

M and I got home from Indianapolis last night - round trip 20 hours in the car. 20. All in all it was a good trip, just a lot of travel time. We saw M's Grandma, two uncles, aunt, and cousins.

M's Grandma - Norma - is 84 and talks about 84 million times in an hour. She seriously NEVER stops talking. She is so so sweet and always wants to be part of the action, so she just talks. Even when she has no idea what's going on ... she just talks. She also calls me Sherrie, almost exclusively. Fifty percent of the time she catches herself and then immediately calls me by the right name. She introduced me to her neighbors at the mall as her "friend Sherrie." When she isn't talking, she is mouthing things silently from across the room. Things like, "Do you want apple cider?" (Insert no mouth noise, just extremely animated facial features and lots of hand waving.)

We did go to a bar called Daddy Jacks that would have KILLED you all. M renamed the place Granddaddy Jacks because it was a haven of Sugar Daddies and Cougars (just in age, there were no young men there). We were the youngest people there by 15 years. A granddaddy named George took a liking to Sherrie and would not leave me alone. He was tubby, wore a sweater vest, and flew in that day on his own jet.


From: nk@email.com
To: thegirls@email.com
Subject: Re: This Thanksgiving

Sherrie, that Thanksgiving sounds amazing.
I'm going out on a limb here, but she isn't Asian is she?
ROR!


From: jh@email.com
To: thegirls@email.com
Subject: Re: This Thanksgiving

HAHAHA. M's Asian grandma! That is the greatest mental image ever!


From: nk@email.com
To: thegirls@email.com
Subject: Re: This Thanksgiving

I tried to find an actual image to help solidify that mental picture. FAIL!
Warning: do not try to google image search Asian redhead.


From: lb@email.com
To: thegirls@email.com
Subject: Re: This Thanksgiving

Sherrie, did you listen to any books on tape during your 20 hour journey?


From: sb@email.com
To: thegirls@email.com
Subject: Re: This Thanksgiving

UGH. Unfortunately, no. We listened to my little Asian mother-in-law's Prime Country station on Sirius. Even Sherrie has her limits.