Happy 85th MOM with multigenerational Zoom party

 5 hours of sleep.


Wine tends to put me to sleep. Other alcohol not so much but I think there was a short nap amid the youtube fix.


BI zoom hosted the birthday party. It was so sweet. 


The in-person part was awkward. Nephew was not feeling well but grandma, the birthday girl was fine with having feverish sniffly nephew come over. The rule is he wears a mask in the hallway at least. But after the Zoom call, sister and husband bailed. And I forgot about a Sound Transit repair schedule and picked exactly the wrong bus routing so it took me longer than on the train to get to Mom's. I am a pizza snob but for my trouble I have sad thin crust domino's pizza for breakfast if I want it. And the cake was too much. And I don't want to gripe right away but MAYBE try to talk to sister IN ADVANCE of next attempt at family togetherness.


Really special to see cousins and hear memories of life on the ranch AND hear from the one aunt who is still in touch with one now deceased uncle's first wife and kids who we have not seen in decades.



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