What A Weekend!

Wow, what a great weekend we had! It was a blast, albeit extraordinarily busy, but still one I ended up enjoying quite.

Friday:
Prepared for Mom's party. Made a cake, got some decorations and spent most of the afternoon doing laundry and cleaning. I actually was not feeling good at all Friday afternoon, but luckily it seemed to pass quickly. Probably just allergies. Chance went out for his first officially ride with the boys on the bike and ended up staying out pretty late Friday night. He got home about 9:30 at which point we just ended up talking and watching movies until the wee hours of the morning. That was nice :)

Saturday:
Got up after about 5 hours of sleep and got ready to meet Howard to pick up the car. Soooo tired, but I grabbed a Starbucks on the way and pulled it together. Max was excited to get the Baby Jetta back as well and while we waited for Howard we looked at all the now '07 VW models. Some nice stuff, in particular Max likes the newest VW sporty called the "EOS" (Google it w/ the black exterior and drop top convertible.) I must admit, it is a nice ride, but not for me. Max has the "I'll be driving soon" bug so he likes to sit and stare at cars and dream about what could be. It's all very cute.

Big thanks to Howard, he's been so amazing these past few weeks with Max and helping me with the Baby Jetta.

Got the Baby Jetta back and drove all over creation running errands and prepping for Mom's party.

Ms. Helen came to meet up at my place about 3:30 before going to PFChangs and we hung out a bit and chilled and got the party under way. Her hair looks SO cute!

PFChangs was fantastic, I had my favorite (tofu lettuce wraps, Ma Po veggies/tofu) but next time will try the Buddha's Feast, steamed. Everyone else went to town on various other dishes and the meal was topped of nicely by an Asian Pear Mojito. YUMMMMM!

Christine, one of my Mom's friends from school, was extremely entertaining and I hope to see her again. What a unique individual, I always appreciate meeting new and interesting folks. Bubba Monkey (Evan) kept cooing and winking at me from the other side of the table, I miss the little booger, glad J & C could bring him.

We went home and mostly just hung out the rest of the night, everyone having their own conversations here and there. Matty showed up and he seemed in extraordinarily high spirits which I can certainly appreciate. My mother really enjoys Matt and I am happy he could come and spend some time with her on her birthday. It was nice to see him having so much fun and enjoying himself, it is an infectious energy and not one I've seen for a while.

We spent the rest of night playing spades, talking, giggling and reminiscing. I had a fantastic time with everyone and it truly was a wonderful way to spend a Saturday night. Unfortunately, Sunday was my punishment for having so much fun as I spent most of it with a terrible headache and got very nervous about it being a migraine. Luckily, it didn't go that route, but I still spent most of Sunday shaking off all the food and wine I had the night before.

During all of this activity, two things became very clear to me.

Max really likes hanging out with 'the adults' and particularly enjoys man time. Matt, Grandpa Jim and Chance spent some time just talking with him and he seemed to get quite a bit out of that. He is definitely feeling out how he fits into the male dynamic. Interesting to watch.

I miss my mother when I don't see her for a very long time. I genuinely enjoyed spending that time with her and I can see the many ways in which we both have grown and matured. This makes me happy, for her and I both.

Off to work, busy week ahead of me with too much to do as always. I have the ink thing test on Wednesday as well as a standard annual physical exam. So, a full work up will be done in addition to this stuff going on with my head. I am sure it will all turn out fine, I'll keep you posted.

Peace!
xoxo
S