Apres Christmas

For those of you that don't know apres means after in french.  I would only know this because I took about 8 years of french but look where it got me.. I bring this up because everyone yesterday at Christmas seemed so cultured so I decided that what I need to do is buy myself a ticket to Europe, have a look around, and come back so I can officially participate in all the intelligent conversations of our favorite places in Italy.  Overall I would say Christmas was a success.  I got exactly what I asked for (the perks of creating a concise list of realistic gifts!)  And as I said, my family would not be short of stories.  My favorite however, had to do with Pat and Jed.  Over summer (somehow this story had passed through the cracks until now, how, I have no idea) Pat, Allison, Jed, and Meredith were eating on Pat and Allison's patio.  Jed felt Wrigley, Allison and Pat's yellow lab, under the table and proceeded to rub the dog with his foot.  He was going up and down, up and down, up and down.. I mean this is a pretty big dog we're talking about.  Meanwhile Pat is slowly staring at Allison as she wonders what is wrong with him.  He then looks at Meredith, same response.  As his eyes meet Jeds, Jed immediately puts his foot back on the ground.  He had not in fact been rubbing Wrigley, but rather Pat's leg.  When this discovery was made you can only imagine the laughter that ensued and hearing it a second time was even funnier.  There is no way I could do it justice without Pat and Jed telling it but hey, I try.  I am now headed to the Land of 10,000 Lakes or as they like to formally call it, Minnesota.  Didn't want to leave you guys hanging.. I'll be back Tuesday so if you don't hear from me until then, don't be alarmed, I am fine.  We're about to hit the road.  And as a side note, I have noticed that it posts a different time than I actually write all my posts.  Not a very significant detail, but I tend to get OCD about certain things.  Hope you all had an excellent Christmas!  Be safe, happy, and healthy.