Head's A-Spinnin', and Happy Birthday to the Brother of Us All
The pace has been hectic around here for the past day and a half or so. Carey, Kaye and I left Mom a singing birthday message on her answering machine in the a.m. yesterday, and she called back just as we were headed out the door to try on the clothes we had put away at Catch Can on Sunday afternoon. So we talked with her and then spent a long hour at the store rifling through the racks and making ourselves and the clerks, who figured out that we were sisters, laugh a lot. Carey couldn't believe she spent the most money and that Katy ended up buying nothing, even though she put on several little girly girl outfits that looked really cute on her. S.L. refused to buy a pair of capri pants because they had drink glasses all over them, and so she didn't think she could wear them to school. Carey got a hot pink skirt and a top printed with fish. I got a new little red dress.
Charles showed up with the kids soon after we got in. So we slammed down some leftovers for lunch and headed to the zoo, where we saw some extraordinary sights, one of which isn't mentionable on a blog. But the baby cheetahs were out, one of the pandas, slurping a panda popsicle, a couple of seals, the baby tigers. The lethargic old lion even got up for a change and was bellowing at the door where the feeders usually come out, so we figured it was time for him to eat, but they never fed him while we were there. We called Uncle Jimmy on the way home and decided we would go out for Thai food for dinner so after he got home we hit one of our favorites, 4912 Thai on Wisconsin. Dylan, who had only wanted pizza, was happily surprised to find he liked chicken panang and stuffed chicken legs, as well as seafood galonga soup. Charles left to take the children back to their mother's in White Marsh about 7:30, and Carey went over to visit Anja and the girls while Katy finally got a chance to visit with Jim, and I pretty much collapsed in bed. I did stay awake enough to hear Charles come back about 9:30 and Carey return about 10.
This morning we all called brother Tom to wish him a happy 56th birthday before Charles headed out to pick up C.L. and make for Kentucky on their way back to Wisconsin and Jim went to work. My neighbor Eva then came over to visit and discuss the plans for the party here this evening, after which Carey, Kaye and I cleaned and tidied the house and then got ourselves together to taxi down to the Hotel Washington for lunch, where we sat on the rooftop deck on this most perfect of days and had cold peach soup, artichoke, tomato and mozzarella salad, and fish and chips, and then taxied home. We breathed, just for a moment, and then hopped into the car to hit Whole Foods to buy supplies for the "Farewell to Neighbors, Welcome to Summer" party this evening. S.M. and S.L. are resting a bit before we get things together. We are looking for a bit of a respite tomorrow, planning to sleep in and take it easy, not do a whole lot, as we have tickets to the ballet tomorrow night and S.L. has to be at the airport by 6 a.m. on Thursday. We'll see what happens. Meantime, though, we will P- A- R- T- Y!
Charles showed up with the kids soon after we got in. So we slammed down some leftovers for lunch and headed to the zoo, where we saw some extraordinary sights, one of which isn't mentionable on a blog. But the baby cheetahs were out, one of the pandas, slurping a panda popsicle, a couple of seals, the baby tigers. The lethargic old lion even got up for a change and was bellowing at the door where the feeders usually come out, so we figured it was time for him to eat, but they never fed him while we were there. We called Uncle Jimmy on the way home and decided we would go out for Thai food for dinner so after he got home we hit one of our favorites, 4912 Thai on Wisconsin. Dylan, who had only wanted pizza, was happily surprised to find he liked chicken panang and stuffed chicken legs, as well as seafood galonga soup. Charles left to take the children back to their mother's in White Marsh about 7:30, and Carey went over to visit Anja and the girls while Katy finally got a chance to visit with Jim, and I pretty much collapsed in bed. I did stay awake enough to hear Charles come back about 9:30 and Carey return about 10.
This morning we all called brother Tom to wish him a happy 56th birthday before Charles headed out to pick up C.L. and make for Kentucky on their way back to Wisconsin and Jim went to work. My neighbor Eva then came over to visit and discuss the plans for the party here this evening, after which Carey, Kaye and I cleaned and tidied the house and then got ourselves together to taxi down to the Hotel Washington for lunch, where we sat on the rooftop deck on this most perfect of days and had cold peach soup, artichoke, tomato and mozzarella salad, and fish and chips, and then taxied home. We breathed, just for a moment, and then hopped into the car to hit Whole Foods to buy supplies for the "Farewell to Neighbors, Welcome to Summer" party this evening. S.M. and S.L. are resting a bit before we get things together. We are looking for a bit of a respite tomorrow, planning to sleep in and take it easy, not do a whole lot, as we have tickets to the ballet tomorrow night and S.L. has to be at the airport by 6 a.m. on Thursday. We'll see what happens. Meantime, though, we will P- A- R- T- Y!
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