ok, so suffered through the most boring supper last night- some of my parents dearest friends (from texas) came by for a few days on an extended trip to visit family and friends in the east. they are ex-military(the husband graduated west point). i am unused to so many republicans in one place, especially now that my brother does not visit often. i did get out of hand when they were all tralking about geneology, and i mentioned my newly discovered but shameful kinship to gwbush. this crowd was not amused.........neither was i amused at the 30+ minute story about local united way scandals in their hometown and how black-run charities couldn't figure out how to manage their finances, and then another 30+ minutes trying to make sure that i understood that they are not bigots. ah well, it was nice of them to come for a few days and cheer up my mother......