My Mom's Birthday and 9/11
We celebrated my mom's birthday on Wednesday. Big birthday too as she just turned 60! It sounded like she had a good birthday too. Maybe she might have wanted to go away for it, but we're still not doing that just yet. She went out to lunch first and her friends from tennis gave her a bunch of presents. That was nice. :) Then that night we went out to eat at a restaurant called Tutto Fresco. They're Italian based, but have a bunch of other foods too. The food was amazing. I got this seafood pasta that had sea bass, salmon and shrimp in it with a tomato broth, and let me tell you, that broth was divine. :D My mom ordered a pork chop with roasted brussell sprouts and mashed potatoes. I'm not a brussell sprout fan, but I tried one and it was not bad. My dad got the rack of lamb with roasted potatoes, my brother got some pasta I've never heard of called camera. It had chicken, sausage, sun dried tomatoes, onions, pine nuts and feta. Interesting. And Grammy got lasagna because she's always basic. :P We also ordered dessert after. My mom got her traditional creme brulee. My dad and my brother got ice cream, and Grammy had the small cake bites they gave my mom for her birthday. I got the brownie sundae. It's just a brownie with fudge, ice cream, strawberries and candied pecans. Unfortunately the brownie was very average, so I didn't take the leftovers of that home, but that was the only disappointment. Grammy's birthday is next. In five days from now actually. I'm wondering if she's going to want to celebrate at this restaurant again. It seemed like it.
After dinner, we went back home so my mom could open her gifts and cards. I got her two cards, one funny one and one sweet one. I drew a T-Rex with a birthday hat sitting at a table with cake on one of the envelopes. On the other I drew the two baby crows going "Wah!" at each other. :P I don't remember everything my dad got her, but one of the things was those Apple ear pods. Then came Grammy's gifts. Whew boy. They were so pathetic especially for a 60th birthday. She got her napkins, paper plates, a coaster supporting veterans no doubt Grammy got in the mail due to supporting charities, the Runaway Bride soundtrack on CD, which we probably gave her a while back, and lastly some cheapo can of tennis balls made in China. OMG it was so bad. I knew my mom would be angry about this, and she was. I mean, really? Sometimes no gifts are better than crappy gifts. My mom had an Amazon wishlist, but Grammy didn't look at it. She didn't have to get her anything expensive or anything, but paper plates and napkins? Come on. Granted my brother didn't give my mom anything, not even a card. I don't know what's going on there. He hasn't given anyone gifts for a while, but I think I give him more of the benefit of the doubt than I do Grammy because I know exactly where all her money has been going. It almost seems like she thinks less of us than the demon with a D. So yeah, apart from that I think my mom had a nice birthday. My dad and I did get her a small cake to have the next day. It was good, but probably shouldn't have been kept in the fridge because hard frosting.
In other news, I'm still on the last episode of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. It's a long sucker, but today is a significant day since it has been twenty years since the 9/11 attacks. I still remember that day well. My mom driving me to school and hearing it on the news on the radio. Me thinking it was an accident until the second plane struck. Then mostly just watching the news in my classes. It was very surreal. Felt like a movie. The victims will never be forgotten. And here 20 years later, the Taliban has taken over again. In a way it feels like nothing has changed.
After dinner, we went back home so my mom could open her gifts and cards. I got her two cards, one funny one and one sweet one. I drew a T-Rex with a birthday hat sitting at a table with cake on one of the envelopes. On the other I drew the two baby crows going "Wah!" at each other. :P I don't remember everything my dad got her, but one of the things was those Apple ear pods. Then came Grammy's gifts. Whew boy. They were so pathetic especially for a 60th birthday. She got her napkins, paper plates, a coaster supporting veterans no doubt Grammy got in the mail due to supporting charities, the Runaway Bride soundtrack on CD, which we probably gave her a while back, and lastly some cheapo can of tennis balls made in China. OMG it was so bad. I knew my mom would be angry about this, and she was. I mean, really? Sometimes no gifts are better than crappy gifts. My mom had an Amazon wishlist, but Grammy didn't look at it. She didn't have to get her anything expensive or anything, but paper plates and napkins? Come on. Granted my brother didn't give my mom anything, not even a card. I don't know what's going on there. He hasn't given anyone gifts for a while, but I think I give him more of the benefit of the doubt than I do Grammy because I know exactly where all her money has been going. It almost seems like she thinks less of us than the demon with a D. So yeah, apart from that I think my mom had a nice birthday. My dad and I did get her a small cake to have the next day. It was good, but probably shouldn't have been kept in the fridge because hard frosting.
In other news, I'm still on the last episode of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. It's a long sucker, but today is a significant day since it has been twenty years since the 9/11 attacks. I still remember that day well. My mom driving me to school and hearing it on the news on the radio. Me thinking it was an accident until the second plane struck. Then mostly just watching the news in my classes. It was very surreal. Felt like a movie. The victims will never be forgotten. And here 20 years later, the Taliban has taken over again. In a way it feels like nothing has changed.