belated birthday
birthday was cool. mom came to visit, which was great, but had to leave early because gramma got sick and ended up in the hospital. she's doin better now, but UTIs are no joke kids! blood infection bad! it sux too cause shes been doing really well for months now.
birthday party at tifs was funfun, but the only pix are on mike's cell phone, cause i fergot to charge my camera. mom came and seemed to really enjoy it, but left early to drive back to buffalo and catch a standby flight home. i was sad to see her go, but she would have been preoccupied, and would never forgive herself if anything happened to Gma while she was up here. besides, neils the only other sibling in town, and he just isnt up to the kind of care needed in a sitch like that. it wears him out.
i got presents, much to my surprise (i am not a big gift person), and they were all really sweet and cool and special.
we tried to tidy up before we left, but i still owe tif and jer something really great, for hosting the bash. i promised pancakes, but in the morning she was in the mood for savory, so we ended up having brunch out. then we found ourselves out on a lovely day, and moseyed over to her friend stephen's porch (and later living room) having tea and cookies and playing BS (canadians apparantly call this 'cheat'), and then Karaoke Revolution (like DDR, but with singing....). it was a really nice, relaxing afternoon.
then supper with b's famiy that nite.
and thus she enters another year, with both a whimper and a bang. and some singing.
birthday party at tifs was funfun, but the only pix are on mike's cell phone, cause i fergot to charge my camera. mom came and seemed to really enjoy it, but left early to drive back to buffalo and catch a standby flight home. i was sad to see her go, but she would have been preoccupied, and would never forgive herself if anything happened to Gma while she was up here. besides, neils the only other sibling in town, and he just isnt up to the kind of care needed in a sitch like that. it wears him out.
i got presents, much to my surprise (i am not a big gift person), and they were all really sweet and cool and special.
- (in order of reciept:
- mom bought be a cool fuzzy jaunty hat, which i promptly left either at tifs or in mom's rented car... not sure yet. oh, and she brought her lovely self, and lots of unquantifiable gifts therein :)
- staropramen (czech) beer from Carla. i drank it all up and entertained fond memories of my last visit to prague.
- mix CD entitled 'Saccharine" from nicole (aw...)
- The Pleasure of Text from Jordana (cause she rawks!)
- hot chocolate in a pink bag with hearts, from random chatty friend of jeremy's, cause i guess he thought he should bring something. but hot chocolate is good, and the pink bag will be re-gifted to heather next, so all good.
we tried to tidy up before we left, but i still owe tif and jer something really great, for hosting the bash. i promised pancakes, but in the morning she was in the mood for savory, so we ended up having brunch out. then we found ourselves out on a lovely day, and moseyed over to her friend stephen's porch (and later living room) having tea and cookies and playing BS (canadians apparantly call this 'cheat'), and then Karaoke Revolution (like DDR, but with singing....). it was a really nice, relaxing afternoon.
then supper with b's famiy that nite.
and thus she enters another year, with both a whimper and a bang. and some singing.