mom's visit
my mom is in ontario for two and a half weeks. she is staying in peterborough and whitby because that's where friends and family are. because of the distant i won't actually see her that much. yesterday my mom drove down from peterborough with a friend. her drive down was totally last minute- though i knew they were coming i didn't know there were going to stay overnight! i wasn't as nervous about the visit as i would have been in the past- my mom and i are getting along a lot better since our trip to pine falls. i was actually looking forward to it.
they stayed at my apartment, which made me feel very adult- hosting my mom in my own place, but also made me nervous. i worried that she would be grossed out by dishes in the sink. i spent the few hours after she told me about the visit and her arrival cleaning like mad.
we went out for dinner with the friend and her kids and their partners. i've known these people my whole life so it's pretty comfortable. though afterwards we went to visit the kids' apartments. they were quite swank- fancy condo towers around church/shuter and jarvis and richmond. they're new, freshly painted, no years of accumulated dust and lived-inness (for lack of an actual real word). importantly they also didn't have a leak in the roof (which just started last week- blurg- and the landlord will hopefully fix sooner rather than later). after seeing these places i worried a little more about my mom and her friend staying in my skidsville apartment. i'm always a little curious about what my family thinks about my lifestyle... do they think i'm a big skid? failure? slob? do they think i'm going through a phase and hopefully i'll soon have enough for a downpayment on a condo. or do they just sort of walk around with question marks about my life. i guess i could ask them... that might be more useful than speculating!
the short visit was really nice. today my mom and her friend drove to the hammer and then to london. before leaving, my mom made my bed, which was really sweet. the sheets are so crisp that i don't want to sleep on them! they will be back tomorrow and i think we will go for dinner. in my mom's brief time in toronto i have turned her on to portuguese baked goods- can't go wrong with those custard tarts! i don't think there will be much more that i can endear her to toronto with...she's not a fan.
they stayed at my apartment, which made me feel very adult- hosting my mom in my own place, but also made me nervous. i worried that she would be grossed out by dishes in the sink. i spent the few hours after she told me about the visit and her arrival cleaning like mad.
we went out for dinner with the friend and her kids and their partners. i've known these people my whole life so it's pretty comfortable. though afterwards we went to visit the kids' apartments. they were quite swank- fancy condo towers around church/shuter and jarvis and richmond. they're new, freshly painted, no years of accumulated dust and lived-inness (for lack of an actual real word). importantly they also didn't have a leak in the roof (which just started last week- blurg- and the landlord will hopefully fix sooner rather than later). after seeing these places i worried a little more about my mom and her friend staying in my skidsville apartment. i'm always a little curious about what my family thinks about my lifestyle... do they think i'm a big skid? failure? slob? do they think i'm going through a phase and hopefully i'll soon have enough for a downpayment on a condo. or do they just sort of walk around with question marks about my life. i guess i could ask them... that might be more useful than speculating!
the short visit was really nice. today my mom and her friend drove to the hammer and then to london. before leaving, my mom made my bed, which was really sweet. the sheets are so crisp that i don't want to sleep on them! they will be back tomorrow and i think we will go for dinner. in my mom's brief time in toronto i have turned her on to portuguese baked goods- can't go wrong with those custard tarts! i don't think there will be much more that i can endear her to toronto with...she's not a fan.