What to do

When half of your group and not the younger set arrives 2 and half hours late after they set the time and place it gives you pause.

I suppose cakes had to be made for each of the birthday people. But.... we all traveled several hours to get there.

The folks in Merced were not amused. Loud pronouncements about ever meeting them again where presented again. They were awarded again rewarded by our presence this time.

From Sacramento came Linzi, Dom, Cammie and Acacia. From Merced came Pat and Sue. And from Pinole, Kelly. All of these people were on time and had a great time. The group from Morgan Hill were extremely late, Mom and Dad rode up from Morgan Hill with Bob and Mikie Sue. As the table was held and it didn't look like they were coming soon, Sue, not used to sitting up for so many hours to begin with retreated to the expedition to lie down. She missed dinner because she was so mad about the events and the waste of hours.

Is it going to change? Probably not. Will adults take correction for their actions. People at the table brought up psychological reasons for this.. which may or may be in play here. I guess we need to contain interactions so that we do not put ourselves vulnerable again.

Pat