Dinner at the Curry's

Tonight we had a big family dinner before we take D. to school this week. Everyone was able to be there except TM, whom we missed. So there were just 15 people at the table instead of 16. As usual, people laughed until they cried at least three times. Maybe there were more and I lost count. It's just a think when we all get together. I do love that every dinner together ends in laughter. 

One of the things that caused a great of amount of it was the fact that a couple of children have minor surgeries tomorrow. A. is having her gall bladder removed and MC is having sinus work done. Both are out-patient and considered relatively minor. (This makes family surgery number 14 and 15... or maybe 15 and 16... I have honestly lost count at this point.) But even though they are minor, we absolutely cannot mention it to R. R has such extensive medical trauma that just the word 'surgery' can send her into some extreme anxiety, and surgery for people she loves would probably just drop her off the edge of reason. Those of us who appreciate our sleep and also do not want to distress her made the call to not mention it. Before dinner, I had sent a text to everyone reminding them that they could spell or use euphemisms, but they must not use the word surgery. 

So, yes, much hilarity ensued because of trying to talk about logistics at the dinner table all while not actually mentioning surgery. J. needs to pick-up A. tomorrow morning because they are having a father-daughter date became the solution that A. came up with to the problem. She did it so well that at least one person at the table really did think they were going out to breakfast or something beforehand. It was a lovely, hilarious Who's on First type conversation that resulted in many people in tears from laughing so hard. This pretty much typifies dinner with the Currys.