Mending Fences...

Went to dinner with the brother and sister-in-law and their kids last night. A little stiff right at first, but then everyone loosened up a bit (except their teenage daughter, cause my sister-in-law tells her everything, so she's apparently holding a grudge) and I had the chance to apologize face-to-face. Unfortunately the conversation turned to the negative, about the bible thumpers, is it that we have nothing else in common except to talk shit about family members we aren't happy with? I really hope that's not the case, although looking back on our relationship before the falling out, that seemed to be the topic of conversation most of the time. Hopefully we can get past that and move on to more positive topics. All the negativity is giving me bad ju ju, and I'll admit, I like to talk shit as much as the next guy, I just don't want people to think that that's ALL I'm about. I stuck to my self restriction of 2 drinks (wine) so pat on the back for Me! Apparently my brother-in-law has started drinking again, so the next few get togethers should be interesting, since I've not seen him drink before, I'm curious to see how he acts after more than the 3 he had last night. Weird, now Jim is the only sober one in the bunch.