The Wojos Visit the Wojos

Last night Curt's cousin Jim brought his family up for a quick overnight stay. If you follow the blog you've read about them before; we have a lot in common with them and really enjoy hanging out together. Curt and Jim love to drink beer and BS, and Liz is just the sweetest girl you'll ever meet. We also get a kick out of watching their four kids together (they are now 6 years old and under). They have some pretty good stories, as you can imagine. The kids were busy watching movies, getting something to drink/eat all the time, playing with Jackson's toys that were new to them, fighting with each other, coloring, and staying up late. They spent much of their time banished to the basement while we helped Jim and Liz stuff maple beef sticks at the kitchen table (it was either do it at our house or they couldn't come over!). After that the adults sat around for a while as the boys had beer after beer. Eventually us wives went to bed. Well, tried, anyway. Liz had to come up with the kids for drinks of water and potty breaks, and Curt gets quite loud when he's drunk, so he kept me up through the walls between our room and the kitchen. He never realizes how obnoxious he's being, though, so I always gently remind him. :) Finally, after 1:00 in the morning and five children in the house, us girls convinced our men that it was time for bed. Jim was a good listener, but Curt felt the need to finish one more beer and laugh at me while he stumbled around the living room. I knew it was going to be bad when, a few minutes later in bed, he laid there moaning and groaning while flailing his legs all about. That's usually one of the tell-tale signs that something is about to come up, and come up it did. Fortunately, he made it to the bathroom in our room in time. Unfortunately, he forgot to close the door while he hacked up his late-night snacks. Fortunately, it didn't last too terribly long. Unfortunately, he was still drunk and thought it'd be funny to brush his teeth and gargle right next to my side of the bed. Fortunately, I ended up throwing a pillow at him when he tried to come out and told him to stay put until he was sure he was done with the hiccup-burps he gets and rattles the bed with after drinking. Unfortunately, he didn't listen to me, but fortunately, he fell asleep the instant he hit the pillow after that and slept like a log until all the kids were awake playing upstairs this morning. He had a long morning complete with more sickness and trying to manage eating and a bit more visiting before the other Wojos headed home. Thankfully, Curt only gets like this about twice a year, so I try to manage my best, but as you can tell I'm not the most sensitive wife towards this kind of stupidity. But as Jim said, "You can't put a price on having a good time." Now both of my little boys are sleeping at the same time. :)