I had a very busy weekend. On Saturday, I went to lunch with three friends to discuss previous capital campaigns of the church – this was very informative and I got to take them to A&Js to share with them my favorite restaurant. And because we were four, I got to try so many things at once. A&Js was at its best, lively and packed, full of mostly Asian folks, a delight! I thought I ordered too much, but I did not. Everything was eaten.
Saturday night, Lexy took me to the Cedar Lane branch of UU and we attended their big action auction night. Lexy had been a member, but now she drives past them to come to Rockville, a move I understand now having spent an evening at Cedar Lane – everyone was super nice, we got a tour of the new renovation, I met with the executive director, who gave us the name of their architect. It’s a very nice congregation, but it was fancier than we are – the night was catered and they had kitchen staff to bus the tables and clean up. We generally can’t afford stuff like that – we have potluck and we bus our own tables. We are scrappier and quirkier and…it made me love us more. It feels like I’m back at my old quirky dorm in college – free spirits, oddballs and mostly live and let live. It’s not perfect, but it’s apparently what I like.
Mother’s Day, I went for a run, went to sing in the choir and I promised myself I would duck out right after service, but I was caught in a few conversations, but made it home by 12:30 pm where I spent the afternoon napping and reading The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny with Edda right next to me. Sunday night, we had a great family dinner, Rachel and Sarah came, and it’s so much more fun when they show up. For example, Rachel told us her story of donkeys having sex in the middle of the children’s petting zoo at the National Zoo a few weeks ago and how everyone scattered, but she walked towards the copulating animals and took photos, which she shared with all of us as we were laughing our heads off.
Happy Mother’s day to my mom!
Maybe Jeremy was thinking of buying me this for mother’s day?
I actually bought myself this:
