Gather Ye Rosebuds

I've just spent the last few hours with my parents at synagogue. I am not a religious person, but my mom is, so I do things for her. Tonight was Sisterhood Shabat, and the service was led by members of Sisterhood. There were many mother/daughters leading prayers, and I was there to support my mom, because as I have said before, I love her and she is the best mom to me. This was important to her, and made her happy, thus it made me happy in return. We sang a prayer that I haven't sung in years, yet once she gave me a quick refresher, it all came back, and now it is on its way back in its little storage somewhere in my brain.

As for now...Thee Monarchy V and the ever-so-hip Delusionaires at the Copper Rocket. off we go. Might I dabble in some amaretto goodness? I might...

A little back story may be necessary, so let me begin. Not too long ago, being_homeless made this post about i_wont_give_up, a 23 year old girl with breast cancer. I immediately added her, and at the same time I also forwarded the information to my mom about her. She immediately wanted to know how to contact her. Since my mom is not on LJ, she has been emailing her instead, and sharing information about her experiences and things, even though there is an age gap. Today, I read this post and it made me so happy I started getting teary eyed and stuff. My mom is the best mom in the world!! She makes me so proud to be her daughter. Oh yeah, did I mention she got a new job? Yeah, and she absolutely loves it. She is working in mental health facility for youths, as a clinical liaison of sorts, and doing lots of little things. And they seem to be cool with her cancer and stuff. I haven't seen my mom this happy and healthy in a long time.


Well, that's all for now.


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Curry...hot....oh my. Buttery basmati rice...good. :)

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I might make some baby carrots to go with any of the above options if I can determine if they are ours or Sean's, and if they're not ours, whether we can use them.

"DEMEANING??!! DEMEANING??!! Prepare to die infidel!!" --Corky the Clown

It was really foggy out this morning. In fact, there's still a bit of it lingering about here.

Head still hurts and is buzzing, stomach still upset. Feeling blah.

I'm really tired. Would rather be back in bed with my huggy bear. :(

Exploding whales. How fun.

So, my meeting with groan fizzled out yesterday. I knew he was going to be busy in the morning, so we had planned to get together in the afternoon or evening. Wasn't too sure what was going to happen, but sometimes playing things by ear, and making impromptu choices make for the best times. :) But the time kept passing and no word. I did eventually get a call from him and apparently the meeting from the morning lasted until nearly 4pm. In addition, there was another one at 6pm. And the conference had not yet begun! Poor jet lagged Viv, in meetings all day after he'd just arrived late the previous evening! Well, that's business for you. Not to mention he learned by an lj post that his cat Ruby died and he was not there for it. My feelings go out to him. But, it was still neat talking to him over the phone for a few minutes. I now have a voice I can put with the pictures from his website, and his lj posts. And he for me. So yeah, that was neat. He reassured me that he is over here (Orlando and Tampa) frequently so there will be other times to try to meet. Well, no biggie, we will meet up another time. Until then...

Yesterday was a casual day. I went to visit my sister in law at work, a local salon where she does nails. I went to visit so one of the stylists could give me info on my hair and how to go about dying it this time. But I got there just as the beauty supply store a few doors down from them closed. So I took the information and Chas and I went in search of food before visiting my grandad. We stopped at Bubbalou's Bodacious BBQ. I had a kids meal and it was almost perfect for me. I'd have liked to see them add a wing to the basket for just a little more meat. The leg with the garlicky texas toast and fries was slightly puny; the wing would have made it more balanced. Afterward, we carried on and visited my grandad. We had a fairly long conversation with him, compared to the normal visits. We ran a few errands, including a trip to a different beauty supply store to get some dye, and came home for a few hours. I dyed my hair during that time, and a little while later we went to my parent's place.

We had such a nice time with my parents last night, though we got off to a late start. A little miscommunication of when to go over, but nothing major. We went over for dinner which was spanikopita (spinach pie), and as I suspected, my mom did not make it herself. In fact, it was from Coscto. But that was fine, because it was still tasty, even if it could have had more feta in it in my opinion. And maybe a few crunchy pine nuts too. Mmmm. I am making myself hungry all over again just thinking about it.

After dinner and dessert, and struggling with technology, we watched a dvd we had brought with us. I remember Chas said, as we we getting ready to leave, that he wished the dvds he had ordered had arrived so we could bring them with us. Then he remembered he had not yet gotten the mail from the day, so he went out and checked it, and as fate would have it, there was the amazon.com box with the 2 dvds (Spellbound and Winged Migration). We knew Winged Migration would put my dad to sleep, but we brought it anyway and let them choose what to watch. They picked Spellbound as we suspected they would, and they loved it. And yeah, my dad did fall asleep, but only for a few minutes near the end, I think. Who would have thought a film about the National Spelling Bee would be so engaging? But it was! My dad wanted to see just a little of Winged Migration, just to get the feel for it, so we watched about 15 minutes or so of that. Then we left.

As for today, I was supposed to go out with glittergrrl69 shopping this morning (before getting together with groan), but plans had to change and we aren't going. I guess that is for the best anyhow, because I am so full from brekkie! :) I made scrambled eggs with the last bit of smoked salmon we had and some crumpets. Way too much for my lil tummy, but oh so tasty and yummy!

I think I am going to go back to bed for a little bit and snuggle up with my huggy bear until Viv calls or whatever. Yeah, that's what I will do. :)

A while back, a friend of ours, Shaun, who runs a Doctor Who convention in LA (the one we are going to in a few weeks) as well as an excellent companion website called Outpost Gallifrey, put a small Howard Dean for America "sticker" on the bottom of the website's homepage. Good for him! However, he has gotten some flack for it by some people. One of those people is one of our mutual friends. He says it has no place there, especially in relations to the BBC or something silly like that. Chas explained that it is Shaun's personal website and he can put whatever he likes there. They debated about this for a while and I don't know if he is any better about it now than he was back then, but he sent Chas an email with a little humor about it all. Chas forwarded it to me, plus his answer back to our friend.


( Email from Chas )