March birthdays
We went up to the Bay Area to do the birthday celebration thing with my parents and my brother and his wife. On the way to and from, we were taking pictures of the snow on the hills, as there were snow even on the Salinas foothills that we can see outside our house.
Sometimes I just do not like the way my family treats me and how I then act in turn with them. We just bring out the worst in each other. It just makes the event tinged with bitterness, anger, resentment, and just questioning why I continue to put myself and amor_ereptor through this. (sigh)
At least I didn't eat too much at lunch, which I would have normally done. Then again, I still had a slight sore throat, and stuffy head. Amusingly, we went to the Fish Market...as my dad doesn't/can't eat fish. I had the coconut crusted tilapia. I love tilapia, but I should have stuck with the regular kind, it is better. Also, we had an order of smoked salmon...mmmm. After lunch, we went back to my parents' place and watched My Favorite Year on tape. I had requested silence for the movie before hand, so that the 2 out of 6 of us who hadn't seen the movie could watch it without comments from the peanut gallery on what was going to be said beforehand. They did very well. The movie was still good, if you like that kind of comedy.
Then, for presents and cake. We had cake first, 3 kinds for 3 birthdays...chocolate, homemade cheesecake, and strawberry. I did a sampling of all three. It was good. Then, on to presents..which they all liked. Then watching pictures from my brother and wife's wedding on the computer...then we went home.
Oh, and I decided to be in my brother and dad's fantasy baseball league this year. They are going to be sitting by their computer and doing the draft for 3 hours...I have already made my draft and will let it run so I don't have to be sitting at the computer doing that for 3 hours...besides they changed the date, so that the date it's being done I'm out of town.
Sometimes I just do not like the way my family treats me and how I then act in turn with them. We just bring out the worst in each other. It just makes the event tinged with bitterness, anger, resentment, and just questioning why I continue to put myself and amor_ereptor through this. (sigh)
At least I didn't eat too much at lunch, which I would have normally done. Then again, I still had a slight sore throat, and stuffy head. Amusingly, we went to the Fish Market...as my dad doesn't/can't eat fish. I had the coconut crusted tilapia. I love tilapia, but I should have stuck with the regular kind, it is better. Also, we had an order of smoked salmon...mmmm. After lunch, we went back to my parents' place and watched My Favorite Year on tape. I had requested silence for the movie before hand, so that the 2 out of 6 of us who hadn't seen the movie could watch it without comments from the peanut gallery on what was going to be said beforehand. They did very well. The movie was still good, if you like that kind of comedy.
Then, for presents and cake. We had cake first, 3 kinds for 3 birthdays...chocolate, homemade cheesecake, and strawberry. I did a sampling of all three. It was good. Then, on to presents..which they all liked. Then watching pictures from my brother and wife's wedding on the computer...then we went home.
Oh, and I decided to be in my brother and dad's fantasy baseball league this year. They are going to be sitting by their computer and doing the draft for 3 hours...I have already made my draft and will let it run so I don't have to be sitting at the computer doing that for 3 hours...besides they changed the date, so that the date it's being done I'm out of town.