May 14, 2023 - Sunday


It's my 11th Mother's Day. Crazy! I've celebrated this day a lot of different ways over the years. We've gone out, stayed in, been dressed up, and stayed in jammies all day. I've felt ignored and felt super appreciated. Some years I try and do a photo shoot and most years I go the whole day without taking a single picture. I ALWAYS end up getting nice gifts though, thanks to Benny. 😄(You can see one of my gifts in this picture!) This was a good Mother's Day in some ways, but in other ways I was just stuck doing things I didn't want to do...like working at church. 

I got up early and went to work. It was a pretty rough day, Oasis-wise. We were missing quite a few volunteers, especially in the TNT/JAM area. The baby room was short two volunteers and one of the ones in there, Lisa, is not in good health, so Anne was in there the entire time. On the upside, I had several people stop by to tell me they want to volunteer! Whew! It's really coming down to the wire and we still need like 15 people! 

We stopped at CM Chicken on the way home, this Korean place, and it was SO FREAKING GOOD. I've been wanting to go for a while and I'm so glad I requested it for Mother's Day lunch! My food is so delicious. I can't wait to eat it again. After eating, we got into work clothes and went outside. I spent hours in the garden, getting the vegetable beds ready and getting a few things planted. My baby plants are so tiny that I'm worried they won't transplant well. I really hope they do ok! 

We ended up at the Albinos again for a little while. We just stopped working and had a quick drink with them before getting back to work. And I ate some of the banana pudding that I prepped yesterday around dinner time. Wow. It's amazing. I wish I could eat it every day for the rest of my life. Unfortunately, it made me so full that I couldn't eat an actual dinner AND I was hoping to go to Rita's after dinner, but I was still way too full! So the kids are disappointed because I didn't want to go there while stuffed. They'll survive! 



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