I Suck At Patriots' Day

yesterday was patriots' day. according to my friend wikipedia:

"Patriots' Day (sometimes incorrectly spelled Patriot's Day or Patriots Day) is a civic holiday commemorating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. It is observed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and state of Maine (once part of Massachusetts), and is a public school observance day in Wisconsin. Observances and re-enactments of these first battles of the American Revolution occur annually at Lexington Green in Lexington, Massachusetts, (around 6am) and The Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts (around 9am). In the morning, a mounted reenactor with State Police escort retraces Paul Revere's ride, calling out warnings the whole way."

sadly, i suck at patriots' day. i did not have the quasi-real holiday off from work. and probably even sadder... i spent the remainder of patriots' day after work at karen's grandmother's house... twice in the last two days.

apparently, karen's cousin (karlene) from lowell and her husband (tommy) spent the previous night at nana's. their original plan was to head into town to watch the boston marathon on patriots' day. from what i have been told, karlene and tommy used to head into town to watch the boston marathon quite frequently. and since karlene is one for traditions, they thought they would try it again this year. (if you were to ask me, i think karlene was more into the idea of going into town to watch the boston marathon as opposed to actually physically going into town because the idea brought back memories of her experiences with nana.)

nevertheless, it turned out that karlene and tommy did not go into town to watch the boston marathon. instead, they spent the day cleaning up nana's house and preparing the house to be sold on the market. fun... i know.

with karlene and tommy still at nana's, karen and i stopped on over to lend a hand. as an interesting side note, when i picked up karen at the train station, i saw my friends (jen and bill). it was a nice surprise because i have not seen either of them in quite some time. jen and bill were heading to coop's located in quincy for a family celebration. they were celebrating jen and bill's father's birthday at coop's.

anyway, karen, karlene, tommy and i spent much of the night at nana's house doing odds and ends. i looked into the possibility of dismantling nana's television console. nana's old television console is like a piece of furniture. the console is a large box on wheels... that just so happens to have an antique television (with knobs) inside. my recommendation... recycle the television and toss the entire console.

we did, however, stop for dinner. we ordered an eggplant pizza and some other pizza with chunks of chicken on it from mister sub in quincy. the pizza was quite delicious. of course, i may have been biased because i was so famished. i ate so much of the pizza is such a short amount of time... it wasn't pretty.

all in all, nana's house is getting closer and closer to being ready to be placed on the market. karlene and tommy were actually going to spend another night to tidy up a few more things. (at this rate, they may be there all week.)