Monday, July 03, 2006
MomQuest 2006
Mom's visit is going well. Saturday night I took her out to dinner then we went to a movie, Prarie Home Companion, which features a couple of her friends. (and yes, Adrian and I saw that a week earlier, but I was up for seeing it again) Sunday morning the three of us went out to brunch at our favorite place and ate WAY too much, like we do there. We went down to the Spy Museum and snuck around there for a couple hours...none of us had been before and it seemed like the thing to do. I got a new cover identity there but I can't tell you what it is or I'd have to kill you.
We stopped off for groceries on the way home, Mom waiting in the car with the air conditioning and the newspaper while Adrian and I went in to get stuff for dinner. Naturally, a bad thunderstorm came along, and naturally, Mom's not real cool with thunder and lightening. She survived, though, as did Adrian and I when the grocery store lost power and went pitch black. And no, we didn't get caught making out when the lights came back on...we'd stopped by then.
Anyway, Adrian made a nice dinner (and I made dessert YAY!!!) and we had too much wine and hung out and that was good.
Today I took Mom to the Metro and said "the museums are that way." I had some things I needed to get ready for work on Wednesday so she planned to go in to the museums by herself today (no big deal, she used to live here so it's not like she doesn't know her way around). I ran some errands and we had lunch with Kevin at his partner's restaurant. We hadn't seen him since getting here...actually, we hadn't seen him in over a year so it was really good to hook up. I've known kevin longer than almost any other friend here, and it's wild because in the intervening years since we met we've each developed intersecting circles of friends. And now that Adrian and I are here, the world is in balance for the first time.
Off to bed now, Mom and I are hitting another museum Tuesday and then we're having dinner here and watching fireworks. It better not rain tomorrow night...after all, what's the point of buying an 18th-floor condo if you can't watch the fireworks???
We stopped off for groceries on the way home, Mom waiting in the car with the air conditioning and the newspaper while Adrian and I went in to get stuff for dinner. Naturally, a bad thunderstorm came along, and naturally, Mom's not real cool with thunder and lightening. She survived, though, as did Adrian and I when the grocery store lost power and went pitch black. And no, we didn't get caught making out when the lights came back on...we'd stopped by then.
Anyway, Adrian made a nice dinner (and I made dessert YAY!!!) and we had too much wine and hung out and that was good.
Today I took Mom to the Metro and said "the museums are that way." I had some things I needed to get ready for work on Wednesday so she planned to go in to the museums by herself today (no big deal, she used to live here so it's not like she doesn't know her way around). I ran some errands and we had lunch with Kevin at his partner's restaurant. We hadn't seen him since getting here...actually, we hadn't seen him in over a year so it was really good to hook up. I've known kevin longer than almost any other friend here, and it's wild because in the intervening years since we met we've each developed intersecting circles of friends. And now that Adrian and I are here, the world is in balance for the first time.
Off to bed now, Mom and I are hitting another museum Tuesday and then we're having dinner here and watching fireworks. It better not rain tomorrow night...after all, what's the point of buying an 18th-floor condo if you can't watch the fireworks???
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Will, I just got my iMac back so I have A LOT of catching up to do. Its going to be a few days for me to read everyone's journal's, etc but I will get around to it :-)
I have missed hearing about you and Adrian.
I have missed hearing about you and Adrian.
LOL @ you just dropping mommy off and saying "the museums are that way."
Thank Gawd! she knows her way around. Oh yeah.. did you all survive the downpour just before nightfall on the 4th?
Thank Gawd! she knows her way around. Oh yeah.. did you all survive the downpour just before nightfall on the 4th?
Kay -- yeah, she's cooler than she thinks. She's frustrating sometimes, but that's just what moms do, I guess.
Patti -- good to have you back, sweetie! Been following your journal...hang in there!!
Komplex -- hee hee Mom's good that way, she said the day before "now, I can go by myself if you have things to do," which I think was her way of saying "stay here, you're slowing me down!" She and I were home when the rain came, but Adrian was at the grocery store -- they lost power AGAIN. We're not letting him shop for groceries anymore, he brings rain.
More to follow in the journal on Friday, this week has just been moving too fast for me to slow down and write.
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Patti -- good to have you back, sweetie! Been following your journal...hang in there!!
Komplex -- hee hee Mom's good that way, she said the day before "now, I can go by myself if you have things to do," which I think was her way of saying "stay here, you're slowing me down!" She and I were home when the rain came, but Adrian was at the grocery store -- they lost power AGAIN. We're not letting him shop for groceries anymore, he brings rain.
More to follow in the journal on Friday, this week has just been moving too fast for me to slow down and write.
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