The O’Malley cousins – and siblings – and aunt – and spouses – all got together at O’Flaherty’s Pub last night for my cousin Emma’s birthday.<\/p>\n
An amazing feat. We are all so busy – and to coordinate even CHRISTMAS takes unbelievable planning – nobody’s schedule is set … but dammit, we organized the entire thing over 10 minutes of frantic emailing that very morning. We were all VERY proud of ourselves.<\/p>\n
Of course my dear aunt Regina keeps saying stuff to us like, “I don’t know how to email.” We all were like baffled by this, like: “What the hell are you talking about?? You don’t know how to email<\/i>? Ya press send …”<\/p>\n
But then of course, Emma (her daughter) said something about the 25 emails in her mailbox from all of us later that day – and she said, “I wrote to Liam – cause I didn’t know how to reply to everybody.”<\/p>\n
So perhaps there really are some email issues here. Kerry said patiently, “You just press ‘Reply All’.”<\/p>\n
heh heh Anyway – we all couldn’t get over how easy it had been to plan this dern gathering! The email was essential.<\/p>\n
We sat around a long table by the roaring fire at O’Flaherty’s and we all talked at once. 5 conversations going on simultaneously.<\/p>\n
— My cousin Ian’s band just had a show recently – and nobody told us about it. Regina said she didn’t know how to email us the information. We all were like: “What?” Then Regina said, “I know you’re all busy …” Kerry said, “Yes. We are all too busy to support our cousins. That’s very true.” Anyway – next time, Ian – we will all be there!!<\/p>\n
— Liam and Lydia had a helluva fall – what with her insane job, and his pneumonia and his jury duty. His birthday is coming up … so I already need to gear up for another karaoke extravaganza which will obliterate me for about 3 days. I still don’t think I have fully recovered from last year’s party<\/a>. Also – Liam is reading The Count of Monte Cristo<\/i> and is absolutely looooooooving it. I’ve never read it – or maybe I did in 10th grade required reading, which kind of doesn’t count – so now I think I have to give it a shot, based on his recommendation.<\/p>\n — Emma is busy in her film class yet again – and has a SERIOUS case of senioritis!! She’s such an awesome girl. We’re already planning to drive up for the film festival <\/a>again this year. I think it made her happy that we all got together to celebrate her birthday.<\/p>\n — It was wonderful to see Adam and Kerry – it’s been a long time. The last was at their apartment for a Red Sox game this fall – when Kerry served us ice cream in small Red Sox helmets. heh heh heh It’s always good to see those two. What a pair. Kerry with her FABULOUS phone that can basically do everything for her – unbelievable. “Okay, and look here … see what it can do here?” Kerry, Siobhan and I all just raved at each other about Bill Simmons’ book and how great it is.<\/p>\n — Oh, and I was requested to “do the ‘Break it Up’ lady” for the group. Which I did – to thunderous laughter. hahahaha It was fun – I haven’t done that imitation in a long time. It’s fun to be evil.<\/p>\n — Siobhan is having a great time recording her new CD – everyone is really excited about it – we already are counting the days to the CD release party. I’m so proud of her. She’s really worked her ass off to get to this point.<\/p>\n — We heard that Seamus’ first word was “Ted”. As in Ted Williams. Yup. This is my family.<\/p>\n — And Regina informed me (and I have no idea how I didn’t know this before) – but when she performed at the Kennedy Center Honors show in the early 1980s, she was introduced to Cary Grant. What??? She was taken over to meet him – and he was old – with the white hair – the big thick glasses – and spectacular looking. He shook her hand, saying, “Very nice to meet you” in that classic Cary Grant voice. I am blown away by this information. I was like: “How on earth did I not know this? Tell. Me. Everything. Right. Now.”<\/p>\n Much laughter, and eating, and toasting and we sang Happy Birthday to our dear cousin Emma.<\/p>\n Being a cousin in the O’Malley family is not something to be taken lightly. It’s a commitment. It’s kind of gorgeous, actually, if I really think about it.<\/p>\n Family. Family is IT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The O’Malley cousins – and siblings – and aunt – and spouses – all got together at O’Flaherty’s Pub last night for my cousin Emma’s birthday. An amazing feat. We are all so busy – and to coordinate even CHRISTMAS … Continue reading