Mother's Day 2009

Happy Mother's Day!

Since Kevin has been in London for 2 weeks and just returned last night, today is an even more rewarding Mother's Day. What better gift could I have than being able to say, "Go ask your dad."?

OK, there is one better gift. Some time alone. Just me, alone at home, with the dog and all my favorite toys. Doesn't that sound wonderful?

Men and kids don't understand this desire to be alone, though. They had planned to take me to see the new Star Trek movie which they know I want to see. (This is much better than the year they took me bowling. Bowling? Does that sound like something I would want to do on Mother's Day?) Going to the movies is a good idea but do you know who else goes to the movies on Mother's Day? Right, other families. Families = kids = lots of little people that I probably know. I adore all my students but I don't really want to hang out with them on Mother's Day. Got the picture?

So, I sent Kevin and the kids off to the movies and decided to spend this quiet time blogging (and bragging) about my Mother's Day gift.

My hubby has a very strong desire to buy me jewelry for every event. Since I don't wear much jewelry (don't even have my wedding ring on right now), and since he and I have very different tastes in jewelry, I placed a "NO Jewelry" restriction on all gifts a few years ago. Instead of abiding by my wishes, he has made it his life's endeavor to "fairly" circumvent the rules. Sneaky man.


This year, my Mother's Day gift is not jewelry, oh no, no breaking the rules in this family. It is a flash drive. Can he help it that the flash drive is encased in a beautiful Swarovsky encrusted, heart-shaped pendant? It is tech, NOT jewelry. Whatever. It's a pretty darn good gift!


This is not the first non-jewelry gift I have gotten. It seems we may have started a trend. The first was also a pendant and much more girly.




As my previous blog posts have shown, I am not the only one who enjoys interesting gadgets, though. Kevin finds plenty of opportunities to sate his desire for the unseen, unusual, and sometimes useless! His poker buddies are never far from his mind when he keeps this poker chip USB drive in his pocket. We are all waiting for the time when he will try to play it!

One more Mother's Day is almost behind us and I have another gift planned for myself tonight. When Kevin and the kids get home from the movies, I'm sending them to do the grocery shopping! See, Kevin, I can be sneaky, too!