mother's day: the good, the bad and the ugly

And when I say ugly... I really do mean ugly.  Like, OMG, so ugly.

Mother's day (for me) started Saturday... from here it's all bullet points... but really dashes because I like them better:

A friend, not wanting to spew Start Trek spoilers at me but wanting to be able to talk to me without her head exploding, offered to watch K so that Mike and I could see the new Trek movie.

Mike, knowing that there was no way he'd be getting up early to make me breakfast in bed or deal with the small being that is the reason I get celebrated on Mother's Day anyway, decided to take me out to a lovely dinner.  We went to a place that's a favorite of people in this neighborhood and had a fantastic meal and a pretty darn good martini.

When we got home from dinner the three of us had a snugglefest and watched the "Mirror, Mirror" episode of classic Trek before drifting off to dreamland/ twitterness and show editing.

K slept in until 8.

I had to get up at 8 to get her something to eat and what not since Mike was up late editing and posting our podcast.

I was really really hungry

We went to brunch at Springwater Grill so I could get Eggs Benedict and see Ron the best most wonderful bartender in the whole world (he's also a terribly nice person)

It took 6 years for our food to arrive

But I had a Gin Zing and that kind of made me not care so much

K's eggs were a little over cooked

Mine were perfect

Mike had a sandwich so his eggs, which did not exist, were fine

We stopped at a cute little boutique on our way home and did some shopping.  Found, I think, I perfect gift.

When we were a little more than a block from home a bird shat on Mike.

IN HIS EAR THE BIRD SHIT IN HIS EAR!!!

A moment later we realized that the bird didn't hit just Mike.

A bird shit on my kid's eye  ON HER EYE!!!!

We sprinted home the last block.

-  Horrified.

• No bird shit on me.

-  K dissolved into tears over the bird shit atrocity and we had to scrub her face in the bath 17,000 times.

Luckily Mike was able to shower and wash his ear out on his own.

We had to alter our glorious walking around plans because we realized it was 3 PM

So we took the car over to the Columbia outlet to look for a fleece for me.

They only had very large fleeces that totally didn't fit

I got NEW SHOES

It's the first time I've purchased shoes based on utility and comfort in many many years.

They are ugly.

They're probably the most comfortable shoes I've ever owned.

Really ugly.

But not nearly as ugly as a bird shitting on my family.