I liked Sue’s comment on my blog post about Mother’s Day: “It always feels like pressure to make everyone else feel like they are making you happy.” My Mother’s Day had some ups and downs, but I felt obligated to act happy throughout. Hurumph. Either this is the dumbest day ever, or I’m making it much more complicated than it has to be.
I started the day with tea in my Baylor Mom mug, although I’m technically a Baylor Mom alumnus now. Here’s a photo my daughter took, which accurately shows Muffin’s favorite position while I’m on my laptop:
I’m wearing my reading glasses, which my daughter says makes me look like a “sad, divorced mom.” What? WHY? Anyway… I’m not sad or divorced, in case you saw me in these glasses and got worried.
After breakfast and blog reading, I went out for some “fun” errands, which turned out to be not so fun. My husband got me a book, Kate Atkinson’s Death at the Sign of the Rook, which was such a nice thought- but I’ve already read it. I figured I would return it and get something else, but when I got to Barnes and Noble I realized I forgot the receipt. GAH.
Thwarted (for the moment- I’ll go back on Wednesday) I continued to the Lego store to get a graduation gift for my daughter’s boyfriend. I texted back and forth with my daughter, sending her photos of different sets, and she finally told me to just get him a gift card because she wasn’t sure what he already had. GRR! Remember, I wanted to get him an actual gift rather than cash, and if I’m going to get a gift card then I might just as well have… whatever. I got the gift card.
By the time I got home I really needed to get out for a walk, and the timing was perfect because my son called me. I walked and talked to him for an hour. He and his fiancee have started premarital counseling, and one thing the counselor warned him of is that sons tend to become less close with their mothers once they get married. Yes, I’ve heard the saying: “A son is a son till he takes a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all of her life.”
My son said he really doesn’t want that to happen, and we agreed to keep our relationship strong and talk more often. He is such a GOOD KID. The universe really knows how to even things out, kid-wise. Just saying.
Anyway, back home I did an Iron Series workout and napped while my HUSBAND COOKED DINNER! Enchiladas from Nora Cooks and beer. Can’t go wrong with that!
I didn’t get as much reading done as I had hoped, but that’s okay- I’m going to read now and hopefully finish my book before I go to bed. I guess it was a pretty good day, overall!
How was your Mother’s Day? If you didn’t observe the day, how was your Sunday?
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Oh goodness, YES. The need to have others happy about you being happy. I would have loved to go to a bagel shop and have bagels with smoked salmon and cream cheese this morning, but my husband bought cinnamon rolls and made fruit salad. I’m not going to be an asshole and say no to what he provided, and I’m glad, but yes, it’s that need, right?
I’m glad you had a good day, and I’m sorry about the gift certificate for the Lego set. I might have bought him one anyway, with a gift receipt in case he already had it, but since your daughter has already declared things, best stick with the gift card.
I had a lazy day…went to the Farmer’s Market, and also wrote letters to voters in PA (while watching Flashdance, HA!). Otherwise, a nice walk with my husband and daughter, nice breakfast and dinner. It was a good day. I miss my mom.