What a day!
Jun. 26th, 2009 11:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sereneI have swimmer's ear (from water in the shower) and don't have the mental energy to do much editing on this post, so please forgive the rambly, laundry-list post that will surely follow.
Long day, full of activity and emotion. It's great being with my mom. My kid is charming the socks off everyone and making me feel like I'm doing something right. Munchkin The Elder is adorable and annoying in turns.
Mom, Munchkin The Elder, and I went tostonebender's place this morning. I made him chorizo and eggs, and baked bread so that he could taste it warm with butter. He and mom visited for a while, which was amusing to watch, and a little cringe-inducing for me. Okay, maybe a lot cringe-inducing.
Then we dropped the kid off, picked up![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
someotherguy and went shopping, first at the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, then at Genova (local Italian deli), where my mom got her first cannoli in fifty years.
When we got home, Mom and I did our version of saying our goodbyes. We talked about how much we love and value each other, and specifically apologized for the things we did wrong, or wish we'd done better. We reminisced. We cried. It was important, and I'm glad we had the chance, even if she lives another ten or twenty years. Then mom took a nap, and I needed a bit of snuggling fromsomeotherguy before I was ready to start dinner.
bastette_joyce and inflection_point came over for dinner. It was lovely to see them both, and to laugh with them. I think my mother made Joyce a little nervous, but I may be projecting.
Dinner was good, even though my timing error meant that there was not as much rare meat as there would have been. Rib roast, mashed potatoes, corn, pasta salad, gravy, and homemade apple pie.
My ear hurts, andsomeotherguy and mom are out at the drugstore finding me some kind of ear remedy. I'm just really too tired (and fragile) to handle another shopping trip today.
Tomorrow's our last full day together. After they leave on Sunday, I plan to crash. Hard.
Long day, full of activity and emotion. It's great being with my mom. My kid is charming the socks off everyone and making me feel like I'm doing something right. Munchkin The Elder is adorable and annoying in turns.
Mom, Munchkin The Elder, and I went to
stonebender's place this morning. I made him chorizo and eggs, and baked bread so that he could taste it warm with butter. He and mom visited for a while, which was amusing to watch, and a little cringe-inducing for me. Okay, maybe a lot cringe-inducing.Then we dropped the kid off, picked up
someotherguy and went shopping, first at the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, then at Genova (local Italian deli), where my mom got her first cannoli in fifty years.When we got home, Mom and I did our version of saying our goodbyes. We talked about how much we love and value each other, and specifically apologized for the things we did wrong, or wish we'd done better. We reminisced. We cried. It was important, and I'm glad we had the chance, even if she lives another ten or twenty years. Then mom took a nap, and I needed a bit of snuggling from
someotherguy before I was ready to start dinner.bastette_joyce and inflection_point came over for dinner. It was lovely to see them both, and to laugh with them. I think my mother made Joyce a little nervous, but I may be projecting.Dinner was good, even though my timing error meant that there was not as much rare meat as there would have been. Rib roast, mashed potatoes, corn, pasta salad, gravy, and homemade apple pie.
My ear hurts, and
someotherguy and mom are out at the drugstore finding me some kind of ear remedy. I'm just really too tired (and fragile) to handle another shopping trip today.Tomorrow's our last full day together. After they leave on Sunday, I plan to crash. Hard.
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Date: 2009-06-27 02:15 pm (UTC)*hugs*