I had a very nice surprise today. SirKit had said he needed to pick up something he'd bought on eBay, and that it was over toward Boston, so since it was a nice day, he suggested we ride over together, after Mass. I was gonna throw some chili in the crock pot so we'd have supper ready when we got back home. They told me they'd decided to stop on the way and have some lunch, so I didn't need to make any supper, since we'd likely be pretty full. So we drove on over, and they pull up to the Barking Crab, a crab shack restaurant on Boston Harbor. We walked in, and there was our oldest son, Paul, and his girlfriend, Sarah and her parents and younger brother! They'd planned all this, and surprised Maiza (Sarah's mom) and me, for Mother's Day, and greeted us each with a pretty bouquet of flowers. We were totally clueless!
But man was that food good. We had boiled shrimp, snow, and King crab, calamari, and Paul and I shared a fish and chips. And of course several pitchers of beer! We had a wonderful time, and a fun visit. Sarah's parents are emigrees from Brazil, and are just as nice as they can be! Sarah graduates from Law School next weekend, and Maiza invited us to her graduation party the weekend after that.
After lunch, we went across the street and walked on the esplanade in front of the Federal Courthouse, that sits on prime harborfront property. It was beautiful, except a tad chilly, right next to the water! But we had a nice walk to work off some of the lunch!. I'm fixing to go take a nap now; all that sunshine made me sleepy!
Happy Mother’s Day (and to all the HH Moms)
I’ve been sleeping off the Mother’s Day brunch sleepies and just general exhaustion from the weekend.
Nana remains much the same. All the siblings (and unfortunately ~all~ the spouses) made it in this weekend. Made for a few awkward times.
All this and Nana said she doesn’t want any drinking at her funeral. I told the Mrs. I wouldn’t drink at the church.
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That sounds like it was quite a surprise. Well done SirKit, well done. mmm fresh seasfoods.