So my Mom was in town for the weekend, and my brother, his gf and I went to dinner with her. Well, not just with her. With her, two of her friends (who were close enough to us that growing up we referred to them as 'uncle' and 'aunt'), who we knew would be there, and a real uncle(ish, the relation's kind of complicated and even I'm not entirely sure of it) and cousin I haven't seen for years and years. Like the cousin the last memory I have of him was a hyperactive little kid, and now he's graduated high school. And, strangely, looks a fair bit like the pictures I've seen of
coyotepuck. I of course didn't mention this because it would have been weird. Anyway, I haven't seen my mom in at least 3 years, before she went to Afghanistan I think, and this is the first time in something like 15 that I've been in the same room with her and my brother at the same time.
Dinner itself was good.
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