I'm just saying, if my aunt gets a mother's day present because she has cats, I should, too! Of course, if she had done that, my eyes would have rolled out of my head.

Ah! I was misreading and wondering why you thought it was so bad that your aunt got a gift from her mom. My parents, when I lived down there, would usually do a small gift for my sister-in-law, my sister and me (because I was an awesome aunt) and I always thought it was sweet that they didn't want to exclude me.

I need food. Brain fail.

I got a cheery yellow watering can at Ace tonight. [link] I can water my pineapple sage and chocolate mint from the deck now (they are ~15 below)!

And it is so cheery!

Haven't seen any hanging baskets I like, but am thinking of planting at least one upsidedown tomato thingies from one of the hooks. Will have to talk to the tomato plant people at the FM next week.

I'm right on the border between Gen X and Millennial. So right now, I'm either cynical or optimistic. The Times had some article a few months ago listing the things that "old people" do that "young people" don't do, and I did almost all of the old people things -- I wear a watch, I usually call someone rather than text them unless I've got a specific reason why texting would be better, and a few other things that I can't remember right now.

That's a classic watering can, sarameg.

At yoga, there was a big mom celebration and someone said, "We should all celebrate as we ALL mother something." Um... maybe?

I don't know. For me, mother's day is an idea I was more invested in when I didn't have kids and the first year they were alive.

We went to lunch and tried to get into Le Grand Orange without reservations (oops) then Elements Kitchen (too fancy) and we ended up at Central Park which was good but I ended up eating food I didn't quite want. Oof.

I did get a new bike helmet [link]

Kat, that's hilariously awesome.

Burrell, I'm ridiculously pleased with it. I've not gotten one because, hey, the old litter containers have always worked just fine, if ugly. But they don't work with a 15' drop and OMGPRETTYSHINYCHEERY. And YELLOW. I like yellow on my deck (where it lives.) I'd gone in for doorstops and the prelim investigations about my stupid porch light and it greeted me.

It's an adorable can. I like the big showerhead thingy.

Fantastic!

I spoke to this amazing yoga person today who I saw a couple of weeks ago. She was both super strong and super bendy and kinda fearless. I was in awe of her. The first time I saw her, she was doing drop back backbends (which are fun and scary) by herself onto only one arm.

So I asked her if she was a gymnast today and she said she had been a rhythmic gymnast. Who then started doing circus stuff (aha! no wonder she rocks!) and then went into doing stunts for movies.

COOL.

I want a helmet like Kat's!!

lisah: [link] My other fave is the one with a shamrock on it. And the British flag one!

I like to think of Mother's Day as a pacifist-feminist holiday, a la Julia Ward Howe: [link]

But then, possibly I am just grumpy because nobody made me breakfast this morning.

mr. flea and the children are now True Athenians, having seen Michael Stipe at EarthFare today! The children were (unsurprisingly) oblivious, and mr. flea just did a mild double-take. Apparently he's short, but as I said, pretty much everyone is short to mr. flea.