Udder's May
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers around the world. I’m sure that flower shops and restaurants enjoyed the day as much as the mothers.
I must say, it does take a lot of patience and caring and hard work to be a good mom. Whatever “maternal instincts” I may have are buried deep under layers of selfishness, indolence and reluctance to take responsibility for a sustaining period of time. Imagine changing all those diapers and mashing up all those peas and all that bedtucking and button sewing and sneaker shopping and that puberty talk and all that car-key lending and furniture lending….Amazing. I still haven’t come out on the adult side yet and I’m thirty. Neil and I are talking about getting a few plants, but I’m nervous about the commitment…
It’s been a lovely weekend - very carefree. Friday night I went for a short, token workout at the Y and then we went to Edohei (a downtown Japanese restaurant for dinner. A very loud and etiquette-oblivious woman behind me was describing with gleeful horror the unhappy fate of a half-eaten, half-alive pigeon on the steps of her house…Not a suitable conversation to be having with earshot of other diners. I was becoming increasing unable to involuntarily listen to this woman that finally I had to reach under her table and pull her up by her ankles and stuff two huge globs of wasabi up her nose to distract her. In my view, wasabi should not be eaten - only used as a deterrant or, if necessary, a repellant. I had planned a chick movie as the evening topper, but we ended up going to see Spiderman, which was even better. Great casting. And now I want to go over to my best friend Tobey Maguire’s house for milk and cookies and wall climbing. I don’t think we’ll let Willem Dafoe carve the turkey next time…Boy, do I miss Prestomagix, speaking of cartoons. Does ANYONE remember Prestomagix, other than me??
Hey, Tobey, if you’re reading this, send me an e-mail. Let’s go for pomegranate juice and yoga.
Lots more weekend dining to talk about, but I’ll save it for later. It’s going to be a lean week of more “duty”, less indulgence. But I’m still going to watch the finale of the Amazing Race this Wednesday.
Talk to you soon!
Posted on May 12, 2002 08:17 PM