Having Jess’s car, I was able to check in on Odin and Pixie, stop at the store for beer for Avdi, and drive over.  Then we just hung out while S and friends had his going away party.  Avdi was finishing up an almost all-nighter of packing up S’s room, a daunting undertaking.  The rest of the family hid in their rooms!

It was like a mini-B&B.  Despite the cold and rain, some of the kids were determined to play in the pool for quite a while.  Others, like Joyce’s daughter R, wanted to just chill with the grownups under a big canopy that A set up on the patio.

It continued to rain harder, until eventually most of us retreated inside and played games on the big screen and ate taquitos and pizza.  Both kids and adults had a lot of fun together.  I’d say all-in-all it was a success.  Nobody got murdered.