I’m a bit all over the place so don’t be shocked that I’m really late in wishing all you mommies a belated Mother’s Day. I just can’t seem to get my act together. That whole cruise vacation just put me back so much, I can’t seem to bounce back. And I’ve yet to continue that cruise entry….
Mother’s Day this year was uneventful and I absolutely loved it. We started off with an early food fest on Saturday night where I must have eaten at least 3 pounds of food. We went to the local Hokkaido buffet in Foster City and boy, were we in for a surprise. Just when we thought we were going to get a head start and avoid the big lines and crowds for the next day’s Mother’s Day, ha! We walk in just 45 minutes after they’d opened the dinner buffet and the line was massive. We couldn’t believe it! I swear everyone’s mama and their brothers and sisters were there. For the first time, it was such a hassle just getting food because there were soooo many people and refilling of the foods were beyond slow. Boy did I maw like crazy. I was sooooo full that I couldn’t breathe and I went to sleep without even brushing or taking off my contacts. Staying awake was that uncomfortable.
Mother’s Day came the next day and I was greeted with flowers and cards from the daddy and Erynne. DH was going to get me a gift but I told him the night before not to because what I really wanted was a bracelet. HAHAHA. And well, if I couldn’t get the bracelet, I didn’t want anything (not even a gold bangle) besides a card. Was that mean? I didn’t think so — honest is more like it :). And hey, honesty works for us so it was all good. And truth be told, to have splurged on food the way that I did the night before — that was more than enough gift for me hahaha. Sadly, I forgot to give something to my own mom. How terrible of me. Uneventful, I tell you. But happy, don’t forget.
And just when I thought we had already celebrated Mother’s Day the night before, my mom decides we go out to dinner again — this time, Pinoy food. Off to Ongpin we went. Crowded as usual (why don’t they think to expand???) and food was satisfying. They ran out of halo-halo much to Erynne’s disappointment (her favorite and the only reason she agreed to go) but Ube ice cream got her to calm down. Remember that I forgot to remove my contacts the night before. As a result, my left eye was a bit swollen and my eye was nasty red and tearing up like the Nile River so that the whole time we were having dinner, I had shades on (it was already evening and dark out). I couldn’t see (no contacts/glasses) so who knows if people were looking at me wondering what was up with the shades. Plus, I kept wiping my eye so they must have thought I was also crying. LOL. Thankfully, my eye improved the next day and it was back to business with wearing contacts. I tell you though, there is nothing worse than having an eye that’s so handicapped it can’t even stay open in the light. Add the tears and having to just stay in bed so the eyes remain shut — b!tch! Let’s hope I’ve learned my lesson, the hard-headed person I am.
So despite my “uneventful” Mother’s Day filled with food, I’ve still managed to drop .4 lbs at Monday’s weigh-in. Good enough gift for me!