I called Mom because I am too crazed this weekend to go see her. She was at my sister's house and step-dad sent me a picture of her today. [link] Yeah, pretty much what I will look like at 85. He also sent me a picture of a statue I gave her church about 20 years ago. [link] They put it on the altar every Mother's Day because that's the day they have First Communion. It pleases her so much each year it was well worth the $ spent.

That is a most unique and interesting dress Perkins.

Glad to hear the party was grand Beth. Worth the tired.

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I now have a big honking bag full of sheesha things as one of my handluggage things.

This will make for some interesting F2F photos. Hopefully no issues at the airport!

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So, dinner was lovely. I managed to get enough drippings for eight of my twelve individual Yorkshire Puddings. All was not lost. And roast was surprisingly rare, even though I roasted it at too high of a temperature. Mom had a lovely afternoon.

I, on the other hand, am completely stressed out. The presentation went ok, but they're asking for an awful lot from me to make this happen. Gotta figure out some things before I try to go back and re-negotiate.

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Who's got kittens on how long before she actually picks up a call from me?

I'll say one and a half to two weeks after you get back from SF.

Went to see the Aunts and drop off Mother's Day cards for them. They failed to let me know that we were BBQing today. Felt badly for only bringing cards to a BBQ but they didn't mind.

Now I have movies and leftovers and absolutely no time to watch movies or eat leftovers because I have to clean my pit of a house, do laundry, re-touch hair color and then head to a friend's house for dinner. Busy, busy.

eta: Glad dinner went well, vw!

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Tom is talking with the neighbor (our condo neighbor, we share the house with them, basically) about the flooding. It is CRAZY how much water we are getting streaming onto our basement right now.

I don't know that there's anything to do about it though.

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Drew needs coffee...badly.

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And roast was surprisingly rare, even though I roasted it at too high of a temperature.

Rare roasts can be had from high temps cause the outside gets done faster. Mmmmm, rare roasts...

Mom had a lovely afternoon.

Yay! Congratulations on a fabulous day, bug.

I'll say one and a half to two weeks after you get back from SF.

That will be at least six weeks silence from her. Like a passive-agressive groundhog, she is.

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sends some tasty cuban coffee to ND

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Which theatre are you at? I'll bring you coffee.

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That Kristin sure is an excellent girlfriend.

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