Yes, today I pick Jesse's morning over sarameg's. By a long shot.

How long are you in Haiti? We have a very large Haitian population here. Enough that the school correspondence has a Creole version sent home. My SIL is Haitian as well as a number of my basketball sons and the boys' friends.

My morning is slow. I have been working and playing on the computer and ignoring that whole get out of jammies and get ready to go to the office thing. I haven't even made a pot of tea or breakfast. Morning television,computer and comfy chair.

In my father's generation: one "n" (Justin) out of three surviving boys. There was another "n" - Robin who died as an infant. In my generation: Jon, Kennan, Kevin, Brian - which is 4 out of 8 . Also -that's all the West Coasters in my generation.

In the next gen: we have another Justin, a Jonathan, an Ethan and a Sean. (And three boys in that generation with non-N ending names.)

If you say "Let me know if you can't meet at this time," my default is to only reply if I can't meet at this time. Don't assume I use the same bloody calendaring system you do and send me put-upon requests that I accept the invite which doesn't work on one of the platforms used here.

I can't think of any Ns in my family. An S, a couple of Ys, a D. But we have no young'uns.

Jesse's morning sounds pretty neat! Better than sara's for sure.

My uncle passed away recently. I wasn't really close to him so I don't need hugs. The funeral is on Monday in Alexandria, MN. My mom and all my siblings are going, but I am so filled with I Don't Wanna. I've been having a fair amount of anxiety recently so I'm not looking forward to all that driving, plus missing work Monday and Tuesday. (I'm already going to my parents' place in Wisconsin on Saturday for Easter brunch.)

I should probably decide today because I'll need to get a cat-sitter if I go. Or maybe I'll just use the excuse of "can't find cat sitter / don't wanna lose vacation days".

Do other folks try to go to every aunt and uncle funerals?

I have quite a large family and didn't feel any pressure to go to funerals unless I felt a personal connection or knew that one of my close family members would appreciate my comfort. Mom went to all of them, and the local family.

I think the vacation/cat reasoning is more than valid. Also that is a lot of driving.

I have a tiny family, pretty much consisting of one cousin and her family; my half sister and her family; and my mother and sister. My cousin's husband died yesterday, and I'm not going to his funeral. I see that cousin maybe twice a year, and we have nothing in common except genes.

Let your mother and sisters represent you.

I am really loving the fucking tourist series.

I've gone to my aunt's and uncles' funerals. Only one out of of my 20+ cousins returned the favor when either of my parents died. I'm still a bit bummed about that, especially since one family basically drove past Mom's evening viewing on their way to the beach. Way to share "Christ's comfort in our time of sorrow" cousin. But it sounds like representatives from your branch of the family is showing up, so I wouldn't worry about it.