Three Days in August Page #2

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stop worrying about us.

- I couldn't figure out what to

wear,

so I bought everything.

Including the sheets.

- Yeah.

- You're kidding.

- No, you've spoiled her.

- Oh, I couldn't figure

out who slept on this bed.

I mean, it could be

somebody who's been infected

by some horrible rash

or lord knows what else.

- Yeah, well...

- Now, I have something

I want to show you.

It's all my new clothes.

- No, no, no, honey, just try

'em on

in a little while.

I want a moment with my

daughter.

Mm-hmm.

Now, you told us to

bring something special,

right, something that

meant something to us?

- Mm-hmm.

- Have I ever showed this to

you?

No?

This is our family's scrapbook.

It goes back many generations,

all the way back to Ireland.

Huh?

Yeah, it's full of memories.

And in the back, there's some

blank pages,

ready for you to put some more

in.

Oh, ah.

Here, just flip through

it when you get a second.

- It's perfect.

I love you.

- I love you too.

Okay, honey!

All yours!

- Thank you!

- I'm gonna

get a drink, all right?

- Ah, you would be so proud of

me.

I separated all my dresses.

Party, daytime, formal.

- What's in the other bag?

- Shoes.

- Oh.

Of course.

- All right, what do ya think?

- Ah, it's...

- Unh-uh.

- No?

- - Nuh-uh.

- Okay.

You know, before we left, I

treated myself to a manicure

and a pedicure and some

highlights,

and I don't even think

your father noticed.

- Well, you look great, mom.

That, great.

- I'm glad you like it.

'Cause I bought it for you.

- You didn't have to do that.

- Yes I did, 'cause I liked it.

I looked at it in the store

and I just saw you in it.

I thought, gosh, you'd just

look beautiful in that.

You know, when you invited

everybody,

you said on the invitation that

you wanted

something personal, something

special?

Something that would inspire

you, right?

- Mm-hmm.

- Well, your daddy brought

you the photo album,

and I brought you this.

It's Seana's.

- Yup, she made it for me

when she knew I was going to be

a mother.

You see the three stars,

that's her, that's me,

and that's you.

Three.

- I can't take this.

- What?

Yes you can.

- It's yours.

- Shannon, you know

that I have always said

flowers are for the living.

That's yours.

- Thanks, mom.

- I love you.

- Love you.

- What is this?

- Oh, a beer?

- Yeah, absolutely.

Love these tops.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Salut.

- Salut.

- Ah, that is good.

I think we're just gonna order

some pizza.

- Oh, well, that's fine with me.

- All right, what kind ya want?

- Well, anything but

Canadian bacon.

- I thought you liked bacon.

- Oh, I love bacon,

but Canadian bacon isn't bacon,

it's ham.

It's Canadian ham, you know what

I mean?

I don't know how they get

away with calling it bacon.

It's ham!

I'm gonna file an injunction.

- All right, I'm with ya.

- So how's my grandson doin'?

- Hey.

Hello!

How's my grandson?

- Doin' good, grandpa.

Just stayin' busy.

School, studyin', dancin'.

Same ol', same ol'.

- Well, there ya go.

So how's the butcher

business, Dr. scalpel?

- Same ol'.

Oh, here they go.

How cute.

Did she end up with a Unitard?

- Ha, that'll clear a room.

- Stop it.

- We're just gonna order pizza.

- You just went to the store.

- I just thought that it would

be easier.

- Nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-no.

Once everyone's here, we're not

leaving.

- Why don't you come on out and

show me

where we're gonna have that

portrait, huh?

- Check the lighting, honey.

Whew.

- Yeah.

- Whoo.

I don't think there's enough

whiskey in all of Ireland

to get through this weekend.

- Forget Ireland.

Check the trunk of my car.

- Thank you.

- Bless me.

- Oh, it is so beautiful.

- Yeah.

I thought the same thing the

first time I came out here.

- You know who I think is the

most excited about being here?

- Hm?

- Your granddad.

He rushed around the house

trying to find

his captain's uniform.

For the portrait, you know.

Is that all right?

- Absolutely.

Is he doin' okay?

- Yeah.

He gets tired, you know,

but he still wants to

be in complete control.

He sat in the backseat of the

car

and he was barking

directions all the way here.

He is who he is.

- Mom?

About this weekend.

- What is it, honey?

- Hey, mom.

Let me get a picture of you and

Nana.

- You better get my best side,

you know.

- All right, make sure that

those end up in my studio.

- Yes, ma'am.

- You know who would have loved

it here?

- Hm?

- Your grandma, Seana.

Oh, what a terrific lady.

Complicated, dressed to the

nines,

but very strict.

Did I ever tell you about the

time

I was in the bathroom,

and she walked in on me,

and she yelled at me

because I wasn't sitting up

straight enough on the toilet?

I guess that's how she tried to

love me.

- I guess.

- What's the matter, honey?

What is it?

Sometimes...

- What?

- I don't feel like I belong.

- I don't think you should feel

that way.

I mean, we're all here because

we're connected to you.

We love you.

Well, I don't know what to say

except,

why don't we have a drink?

What do ya say?

For your grandma.

We'll toast.

- Hey, mom!

- Oh, hey!

- What are you doin'?

- Setting up, getting organized.

Whatcha got?

- Remember how you asked

everybody

to bring somethin'

special for the portrait?

- Mm-hmm.

Aww.

Wow.

- Remember?

- Of course I do.

It's the first show I ever took

you to.

- It was great, wasn't it?

- Mm-hmm.

- I remember thinkin'

it would be so great

to learn how to dance like that.

- And now you do.

Wow.

- Oh, we took the pictures

with 'em too, remember?

- Yeah!

That really is a great night.

Wonderful memory.

Thank you.

- Thanks, mom.

All right, see ya.

- See ya.

- Hello, sweetie.

Wine?

- Absolutely.

- All right.

Liam, drink?

- Beer me!

- Yes, all right.

- Beer me, what?

- There ya go.

There ya go!

- Poor baby.

- Sorry.

- A nice try though.

- I would have given you one.

- You sit down and tell

me what you've been doin'.

- Well, just getting organized.

- Did you get our Liam's

present?

- I did, and the album?

It's amazing.

- Yeah.

Did your mother tell you

we're planning a cruise

in the fall?

- No, she didn't.

- Her idea.

- Ugh, he sounds really

excited, doesn't he?

- Mm-hmm.

- It's a small boat, about 200

people.

We're goin' to Alaska

before global warming

destroys all the polar bears.

- Mom, you don't like cold

weather.

- Oh, I know, but your

daddy's gonna buy me

a beautiful jacket,

aren't you, daddy dear?

- Well, that's why we're goin',

so she can get a new jacket.

- Sounds fun, grandma.

- Yeah, well, you can come along

with us

if you're not in school.

- I can miss school to

go see polar bears die.

- No, you can't.

- Dad?

- No, you can't.

- Oh well, we'll work on him,

okay.

See if we can work it, huh?

- Mmm.

- If he help us to go, he

can go.

- All right, stop.

I wanna find out something.

How did you find this place?

- A friend of mine, she

works at the gallery,

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