The Syndicate

You never met up? I am shocked

Yeah my issue is I am living in a house that is for sale. So when it sells, I will have 2 months to get moved, and it could happen tomorrow, or it could happen a month before the planned meeting. So I don't know if I can afford it, and I can't commit timewise since my timeline can change at any moment. If the house sells 2 months or more before the trip date I MIGHT be able to do it.

I wish I could but I can't afford that.

timmer wrote:I've never met a mafia buddy

When I lived in Kalispell, we were a few hundred miles apart~ that's neighbors in that neck of the woods! If I go back for a visit, i will let you know

My Mom was that way, just the sight of a boat made her green.

My maternal Grandmothers people are Sami (Lapps is more commonly known, but that term is considered pejorative, like calling Native Americans "Indians") and they had a kidnap tradition, too. Except the GROOM was expected to "kidnap" her from her home the morning of the wedding. In modern times, the vast, vast majority of these events were staged for traditional purposes.

My grandmother was "kidnapped" but to the best of my knowledge, none of the children of her siblings that remained in Norway did any of that.

Folk traditions are so weird, lol.

My Bio-Dad lives in Surprise, AZ. He is always trying to get me to come see him (I have not seen him in a really, really, really long time~ and don't know that I want to, tbh). If that ever happens, though, I will spend more time with you than him

This summer Roxy & I are going camping in PA, the first weekend of June. We were going to talk about a mid Atlantic meeting, so many of us live within a days drive of PA or MD. I want to meet my friends privately first, as i have met Kate, Bea & BDH, but would be interested in meeting others as well.