Thursday, October 9, 2008

Day on the Town

Yesterday morning when I woke up I called my mom to see if she wanted to come hang out with me for the day. Being the bum she is, she was still sleeping at 10:30am. Just kidding of course, she was probably up all hours of the night tending to a cranky grandson. So anyway, I called back later and asked, and I must say I didn't really have high hopes as my mother is not one to deviate from a schedule and/or make spur-of-the-moment plans. Surprisingly she said she would and showed up at my house around 12:30 or so.

This being her first time over in well over a month, I had to give her a tour of the updates on the house, which weren't all that numerous, but the niceties need to be followed. We sat with the dogs for a bit and Cody beat up mom pretty bad while Milo took advantage of the monopoly on the toys. She had suggested we go out to eat, and with activities being rather limited we hopped in her new Ford Explorer of which she is so very proud. We then proceeded to drive around aimlessly down Route 6 to find a good place to eat and finally settled on Carmine's, an Italian restaurant that ended up being very good.

Anyway, we ate, talked, she paid and left. I then tried to convince her to run across (literally) Route 6 with me to GameStop to see if they had a baseball game I could buy (they didn't). She refused and took her car across instead to T.J. Maxx. I joined her there after my fruitless search and spent about 5 minutes trying to find her. Finally succeeding, in the baby section, I steered her over the the men's section and a really cool hat I wanted her to buy. To make a long story short, didn't get the hat, but I did get a really sweet jacket for the winter. Then she dropped me back off at home and left, supposedly not wanting to be mauled by dogs again.



Lunch and a jacket, we should do this more often mom, thanks!

4 comments:

Kristina said...

I'm so glad you guys had a good time!!! :-) Thanks for taking care of my boy today mom!!!

Anonymous said...

Your entry made my day, son. I thoroughly enjoyed our time. I am very spur of the moment, you never know if I am going to zig or zag or yin or yang...just the way I am made! And it wasn't the dogs that kept me from your generous tea offer, it was 4:00 traffic going home. And I am glad you weren't being killed by an axe murderer, but a mother can't be too sure and needs to ensure her son's safety! Love, Mom

Steve and Eden said...

Glad you had fun with your mom, nick.

dave + jess said...

Aww, we have an awesome mom, don't we?!?! It was nice going to Border's with you tonight! You're good company :) Enjoy your new read!