My 2nd Mother's Day as Amy's (aka. "The Ster") Mother!!!!!!!!!!!

I am the luckiest woman in the world. Don and Amy took me to our local breakfast spot. There they surprised me with the Ipod Nano, engraved with a lovely message, in magenta. This device gets 250 on a scale of one to 100. I wish my dad were alive to appreciate that the preliminary computer work he was involved in, has led to toys, like the ipod, which are enjoyed by the masses.

We then ventured to Edgewater, to lovely Linda's annual Mother's Day feast. We grimly accepted Garmin's prediction of a 4 hour drive. We chose not to accept lovely Linda's invitation to spend the night, due to the "Big girl bed project" going on in our house. We are looking forward to closing the book on this noisy night-time project, so we bit the bullet and went up and back in one day for consistency. Garmin understimated!!!

Once we were there, it was all worth it to see family, eat Linda's gourmet vittles, and to receive the happy news of Megan and Aldo's engagement. Amy cleaned up, as Mike's family showered her with a toy store worth of toys, and Mom gave her a nice puzzle.

On the way home we stopped in Newport News in a random sushi restaurant, and found the fish to be as fine as any sushi restaurant in Cali or any posh location anywhere. Too bad the service was so weak!!!

I have to repeat, what an angel we have in Amy. She tolerated 10 hours of driving yesterday with only about 45 minutes total of fussiness and only a small temper tantrum in the sushi restaurant. Don and I were struggling to hold our own temper tantrums back, so we feel she is remarkable.

Happy Mother's Day!