First, Sorry to the 3 lovely folks who stopped by for an early peek at TOMORROW’S Haiku – I really should not work so late at night. I set it to publish today instead of properly tomorrow. I’ve yanked it, and it will REpublish after midnight tonight. Sheeeesh.

Now:

Happy 64+1 birthday to my Mom!

Why did I state it like that? Well, Mom is having some “issues” with her big birthday. The biggest issue is that our lovely Government refers to her monthly pension/stipend as “Old Age Pension”, and, well, that royally ticks her off. ROYALLY. So much so that she refuses to acknowledge that she has reached this milestone, and threatened the very lives of her loved ones if we so much as considered throwing her a birthday bash. We know she means it, so in the interest of preserving our own hides, there will be no party for Mom. I love a good party, so this annoys me, but it’s her day, so who am I to celebrate… wait. *sigh* No, I won’t do it as much as I want to.

Instead, my brother and his kids and my husband and I and our kids will be joining my folks for a very low-key dinner this evening before I run off to a board meeting and rehearsal. BLAH, sez I.

Of course, she couldn’t (and wouldn’t) say no to a slightly better than normal gift, could she? She’s no dummy.