"After dinner we'll have a mariachi band play for us."

I thought my uncle was kidding. I mean, who really hires a mariachi band to play at a family reunion?  I thought it was just dark humor, perhaps a commentary on family. 

No, he really meant a mariachi band.

Living the crazy life

How did we get here?

( I can put together the pieces of the puzzle, but the bigger picture eludes me.  )

And here I sit on my uncle's houseboat in Del Rio.  Is this peace or hell?