6.23.03 – true colors

yesterday afternoon was a breakthrough with the carey family – spent the afternoon hanging out with andy’s family, and it was the first time in a year that 1) calvin the aged golden retriever didn’t bark at me when i arrived, 2) max the toddler didn’t get shy and refuse to talk around me and 3) mckay the baby didn’t cry when i tried to hold her. see, andy’s parents and siblings might have to pretend they like me, but you can always count on the pets and children to tell you how they really feel. max and i spent quality time together in the sandbox: i taught him to make sandcastles, he taught me to destroy them, then baby mckay cooed and giggled in my lap; i bounced her until she barfed on me. ah, nothing like baby puke to seal one’s ties to one’s (quasi) in-laws.