Long weekend

It's good that Craig met up with us for an emergency post-jumping shrinking because this way I wasn't worried that Alex is still waking up with nightmares. Of course our fire family dinner was canceled for Mother's Day. It's kind of funny - without fail on the days when I'd really like to have a dinner it always gets canceled. Every time.

Honestly this weekend kind of sucked. Alex is embarrassed about how her face looks so she wants to stay home. Aunt Elaine wants us all out. I have to work, Alex doesn't want me to leave. Alex doesn't want to be home alone, which meant Danielle and I took turns being home. Which meant Aunt Elaine is angry at all three of us.

One of Josh's good friends threw a party last night and I couldn't go because Danielle had been invited to a sleepover for last night in the beginning of April. Josh offered to come over but Aunt Elaine was so pissed off it didn't seem like I'd be able to sneak him in. Which made me pissed at Alex all over again for not wanting to be alone.

I spent all day at the diner seating families and wishing everyone happy mother's day as they paid their checks. Josh came by early in the afternoon to ask if I'd come out to dinner, saying I could bring my sisters (because I'd already bitched to him about the fire family dinner).

At first Alex said she wanted to go. Then when I got home after work to shower and change she didn't want to come. Danielle said fine but we weren't staying home with her. Alex cried. It was a huge screaming mess between the three of us. I put on one of my fancy Gap dresses with leggings and ballet flats because Josh's family is always fancy.

Dani and I felt kind of weird, like crashing their mother's day dinner but both of Josh's parents hugged us and said they were really happy we could join them on such short notice. The restaurant was so fancy I couldn't figure out what anything on the menu was, neither could Danielle. Finally Josh asked if I wanted meat, chicken or seafood and when I told him, he told me which thing on the menu to point at, and he did the same thing with Danielle. Even now I don't know what we got, except mine came with spinach, but it all tasted good. Every time I eat with Josh's family I am exhausted afterwards.

I don't know if it's the amazingly good food they always have or from being around them. We brought dessert home for Alex.