Absinthe & Cookies (a bit bitter, a bit sweet)

Potential Violence & Ninja Fighting!

Since I've had requests for the story.

Mum and father belong to the "Large Ungulate" club and they're always trying to get me and Nin to join. So last night was one of the annual treks to the lodge to try and tempt us with pool tables, swimming pool, and bar. Mum was helping with the kids/teens dance this woman was putting on as part of their youth club, so she asked me and Nin to sit with her in the main room instead of the bar to keep her company. So we did. Mum went back to the kitchen for a bit, and we're sitting there minding our own business when "this woman" comes up to us and very belligerently (IMHO) wants to know if we paid our five dollars to be there. Nin tries to explain, but she just was obnoxious and wouldn't let us get a word in. She walks away, mum comes back and I tell her what happened and she's steamed. So Nin and I go back to the bar, again, minding our own business, and "the woman" is now at the bar getting yet another drink and I hear bits of what she's saying and she's gesturing back at where we're sitting. So now I'm getting really angry at this point, so I go find mum to tell her we'd better just leave because this is getting stupid. Now mum is really getting her Scots up and she takes off somewhere. Apparenty at that point, she's telling my father what's going on, and a few other people, and comes to find "this woman" has already gotten on the last nerve of several members. Mum convinces us to stay and we play a few games of pool while waiting for my father to finish up, then we head into the foyer to wait for him and I hear his voice, raised, telling someone that trying to convince people to join is not easy when they're treated like we were. We all leave and find out it was 'the woman" he was telling off. So we get home, and Nn is in a state. One more drink and I think she would have been in the woman's face. Everyone calms down and we start watching SG1 DVDs.

Cut to this morning, and the big apology. On our answering machine is a long rambley message from "the woman" apologizing for the way she acted, wanting to send me and Nin an apology letter, and telling my parents she thought we were teenagers! Okay, so I'm three weeks away from 40, so it's nice to hear. Amazing what dim light and the perceptions of someone who has had too many Long Island Iced Teas can do for your age!

So that was our amazing night at the lodge. Full of potential violence and Ninja fighting!

Posted by Ithildin at June 20, 2004 4:21 PM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHE