(wince)

[jay]

I just set up patgreene, inadvertently... due to a variety of circumstances, kineticphoenix and sarahh were late picking up hopeforyou from work... I was giving her a ride, so offered to just bring her back home to wait. Big mistake... patgreene got a half-hour notice. The house was dirty, and the kids... were embarrassing. They practically swarmed poor Hope, who was tipsy to begin with. James was sullen and depressed. Hope looked relieved to leave, once her ride arrived... Laura and Sarah just looked bemused and a bit uncomfortable.

After they left, I felt ashamed of our terrible hospitality. Pat went back to her room and burst into tears. Augh.

Comments

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry that Pat felt that way. I sure understand it! And I'm very grateful that you can walk into my house, and understand the chaos. It's comforting. You did a good deed by letting Hope wait somewhere other than work, no matter the state of the house.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I've always been comfortable walking into your house. You do an amazing job to keep it up as well as you do, given children *and* all of the community and social events that you guys host.