Sammy's blog

This weekend was the "family reunion." I figured since they were my mom's, mom's family; it might be pretty civilized and maybe even fun! So My Uncle came and picked up my sister and I from a town half way between Dallas and Brownwood. ( we met half way, duh! ) We started to head twards Lamesa, Texas which was about a 4 hour drive. The drive went well, we joked and laughed. But then we got closer to Lamesa. First of all, why are there no street signs to tell you where to go once you hit small towns? Just because the 20 some odd people who live there know every street name by heart, doesn't mean an "out-of-towner" will. So once we finally found the road that led us to another never ending dirt path, the scenery consisted of dirt, oil grasshoppers, and...dirt. Well we finally reached the town where the reunion was being held which was called, "loop." Now, loop is about 30 seconds long, so we didnt even realize that we had drove through the entire town untill we happened to spot the small center we were supposed to be headed. So we did a loop back into loop, and headed twards the civic center that was sitting in the middle of no where. litterally. This is the point where I realized that there was NO escape in case of a family brawl or dirt tornado. (which litterally happens quite consistantly in this part of Texas.) We stepped inside, and were immediatly surrounded by about 30 old people. Have you ever been in a room full of people whom you have never met, yet every person knows who you are. It's a little uncomfortable. Apparntly I'm "little sammy" to everyone because the last time they saw me, I was arround 3 or 4. All in all it was a pretty pleasant visit. No one fought or made a threat. And the best part was, there was an endless ammount of PIE! oh hell yes! Though it wasn't the most interesting family reunion i've ever been to, it was deffinatly the most sane one. :))