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Re: That Other Family Table I
DIR By: StoryGod
Date: January 14, 2020, 8:05 pm
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Brunch on September 13, was the first meal with a parental
visitor. In this case Shayla's father and stepmother joined
their daughter. This brought the census up to ten including
Albina herself. "Shayla Albina called. "Why don't you and Jetta
put the tables together, and we need three of them."
Shayla's parents watched their daughter and Jetta set to work.
By week two, the routine of making a family table was old.
Albina remembered that adults, parents in particular, liked to
see obedient children, and given Albina's philosophy about the
dining hall, this was the last bit of regimentation they were
going to see. She was not sure how that would be received.
Shayla's father was short, a bit older than Albina expected, and
nearly obese. He had his daughter's olive skin, but his crew cut
hair had gone nearly white. The stepmother was young, had award
winning posture, and vaguely Asiatic features. Her jet black
hair was pulled back in a bun, she wore a sleeveless silk dress
with a print that looked painted on. A thin, and probably
expensive gold chain caressed her neck.
"Why don't we go look at the menu," cooed Albina.
LBD Sunday Brunch I 9/13/20
Main Line (Breakfast)
French Toast
Scrambled Eggs
Hard Boiled Eggs
Ham
Roman Meal
Cold Bar
Canned Pears
Fresh Fruit
Assorted Pastries and
Fresh Baked Muffins
Specialty Station (Custom Breakfast)
Waffle Bar
Good Morning!
....AND....
LBD Sunday Brunch II 9/13/20
Main Line (Lunch/Dinner)
Pork Goulash
Herbed Chicken Tenders
Tilapia with Mango Chutney
Grilled Tofu Sandwich
Creamed Spinach
Zucchini and Carrots
Buttered Egg Noodles
Cold Bar
Cauliflower Gardinera Salad
Vegan German Potato Salad
Assorted Cakes, Cookies, and Pies
Fresh Fruit
Specialty Station (Custom Lunch)
Pageant of Pita Sandwiches
Good Afternoon!
"Wow, look at all these choices!" Shayla's dad marveled. "Do
kids get this every day."
"It's a single easel when it's not brunch. It's four entrees,
cold bars, and two stations that change every Friday."
"Wow! We never ate like this in boarding school!" Shayla's
mother exclaimed. "I wouldn't fit through the door with food
like this."
"Kids burn it off," Albina reminded the parents, "and kids come
from all over the world. There is something to please everyone.
There are also no vending machines here," she added.
"That's good," Shayla's mother purred. "Wait until she wanders
into the bread and junk food bar," thought Albina. "Let's go get
something to eat," Albina told the parents.
"What about the children?" Shayla's mother asked.
"They can feed themselves. I'm starved."
Albina really was hungry. She wanted salad with chick peas and
hard boiled egg. Most of her kids were back at the table, by the
time she returned. Shayla had Cocoa Krispies, a corn muffin, and
chocolate milk. Her parents shook their heads.
"As long as they take a tray full of food and eat most of it,"
Albina explained, "we leave kids alone. That's policy." Albina
hoped this would shut up the nosy stepmother. She moved on to
activities. Since Shayla was going out with her parents, she had
no say. Lianne's parents had picked her up at 8am, well before
brunch. That left Jupita, Suri, Corianne, Tikvah,, and Jetta to
decide on the day's activities. Because they worked by a
combination of majority vote and consensus, they ended up
deadlocked. Jetta, Suri, and Jupita liked games, but Jetta was a
kind of swing vote.
Corianne and Tikvah by contrast despised games. They split the
afternoon between games in Rapinoe-McConolly-Brinker or out of
doors if the weather held, and working in the open art room,
doing mostly drawing. Albina liked no-brainer activities, she
decided.
"Do you do this every week?" Shayla's asked. Albina nodded.
Albina felt relieved to be free of games for even half the
afternoon, though today's game would undoubtedly be Wolves and
Bunnies played on the academic quad where there were bushes
behind which to hide. Albina knew not to pray for rain. There
were more important goals for prayer, she told herself.
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