Saturday, July 9, 2005
Breakfast: toast and Joe's Ohs and fresh banana for me. Cocoa Krispies and toast for Patrick. Patrick and I spent the first part of the day at home getting some work done. Writing for him, working on my cousin Corinna's website for me. Lunch: Patrick's Organic Ginger Japanese Chicken Soup. We joined my sister's family for dinner at Mifune in Japantown. After dinner we browsed the bookstore and I read a couple of books to Jeremy and Matthew. We then had hazelnut and chocolate ice creams and chocolate crepes—yum! Earlier in the day Patrick and I had bought my sister a rug from the AIDS benefit store called Under One Roof in the Castro. The rug looks like a giant sunny side up fried egg, and it's a lot of fun, for a rug. We kind of figured a gift that the kids couldn't break would be best, and it would be perfect for the kitchen where she spends a lot of her time as a full-time mom. Best moment today: Jeremy is eating the chocolate crepe he's sharing with Matthew and everyone else, and he says to his mom, "Mom, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" She says, "Is it three words?" He replies, "Mmm hmm. Life...is...perfect." Service was not the best at Under One Roof today. Usually there's never a problem when we shop there, but today the person who gift-wrapped our gift took about 15 minutes to do it, and it wasn't even busy in the store. Our 30-minute meter was running out, and I got out the door just as our time had expired. To top things off, he left the price sticker on the item! Fortunately, when my sister pulled it out of the box, Patrick saw the sticker and tipped me off, and I was able to sneak the sticker off without her seeing (I think). Home. Archived documents. Patrick chatted with his mom—another hurricane is approaching New Orleans, so we're all concerned. Watched Simpsons.