Labor Day

Sorry there have been no posts of late. I have to be in the mood to write and I have not been. Plus I don't have anything to say right now. Nothing exciting going on in my life......things are very mundane. It's hard to believe that September has arrived and it is Labor Day weekend. My mother invited us over for dinner on Monday......it will be the first time we've seen my family since May 7th, when my step-brother got married. I think I've had lunch with my mother once since then, but I have not seen the rest of my family. I don't think we get invited to all the gatherings because we cancel out half the time. It will be nice to see everyone, but I am not close to any of them, save for my mother. And perhaps her sister, my aunt Nancy. It's strange how I am so distant from my family......I probably would be fine if I never saw any of them again, not counting my mother and aunt. Maybe my sister too. I don't relate to any of the men in my family......they are all sports fanatics and NASCAR rednecks. They are like aliens to me. This is no doubt why Jose doesn't like to go over there......he doesn't relate to them either. We just don't fit in and I am more and more aware of that all the time. We are usually the first ones to leave the gatherings or a close second. Plus everyone there is white and Jose feels out of place. At least in his family there are a couple of white people (by marriage). When we get together with Barbara's family, I am the only white person and it is uncomfortable. Barbara is very prejudiced against white people. She never misses an opportunity to say something nasty about whites when I am around. Like how rude and arrogant they are (Jose feels the same way). She always makes it a point to say no offense to me, but I do take it offensively. How can I not? I am white!! It makes me think that racial segregation is right.......and normal. We feel comfortable around our own.

I have jury duty on Wednesday. In some ways, I don't mind it......it gives me a day off from work. But then if you don't get called to go before a case, you just sit there and sit there and go stir crazy. Last time I had jury duty, it was at Christmas time and my group got canceled. I probably won't get that lucky this time......it's late and I'm tired, so nighty night, peoples!