Mother's Day Mayhem!

It's taken a few days to write about the events surrounding this year's Mother's Day because it has taken me this long to recover from it. However, let me not be horrible and neglect the wonderful things that happened in the morning.

I had requested a meal cooked by hubby as my gift because while some of you are lucky enough to share that chore, I am not! To me it's a chore since I don't willingly choose to cook everyday. I have to cook or my family will starve (hubby doesn't cook) or go broke from ordering out. So my hubby chose to make me breakfast (a delicious omelet with toast and turkey bacon). I also got flowers and many many kisses and I love you's from the girls. What a great beginning to my first Mother's Day as a mom of two!

Later in the day my mom came by with my sister and we decided to head out to hubby's family's house to say hello and possibly eat some delicious food. It was a sunny day that was looking as cheerful as any day can possibly look, but I still didn't know what I was in for.

Fast forward to hours later when my purse spills out in the middle of the street. I'm talking NOTHING left in the purse but possibly some lint that had been accumulating for months! And by "in the middle of the street" I am not just saying that, I mean it literally! Hubby and I hurry to pick everything up as quick as possible, all the while I am saying PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me pick everything up that I had in here... do not let me forget anything! Now, we all know the cardinal rule about the second you say "don't forget", that's the second that well, you "forget" whatever it is you didn't want to forget.

Well, thinking I had everything in my purse, we head out to have our early dinner at Mama Mexico. It is such a fabolous place! I had never been there before and let me tell you the most important factor- they are totally kid friendly! Our waitress was very nice and smiled at us the whole time, even when my daughter spilled a whole glass of Sangria that she had just finished pouring. She just shrugged it off and said "It's okay". I've been to plenty of places that would've rolled their eyes and looked at us like "you better leave now"! None of that there. The food was also spectacular!!! We had their famous guacamole that they make at your table, to your liking. We split the paella and the Churrasco (skirt steak) and it was just divine. All together it was a great time.

The one thing we did joke about was how they placed us in a corner away from most others, but they didn't make us feel like they didn't want us there, I think it just happened to be the table that was open. Either way, I HIGHLY recommend Mama Mexico for families and for a date night. My mom told me that she has been there during the evening when they have a mariachi band and hand out shots to people who wish to take them [just to spice things up :) ].

Now, to my drama! So we finally get home and I'm searching and searching for my keys- nowhere to be found! Mind you, right then I have this vision of my keys next to my birth control laying in the grass and I remember thinking I better go grab that and I NEVER did! So, here I am, no house keys, no car keys, no mailbox key, and no birth control! I just about lose it! I head back to where I last saw my keys (45 minutes away) and they are obviously not there. You must be thinking, what's the big deal? You must have a copy of your car keys? Well, of the Honda, yes, but of my Hoopty that I have to drop off and pick up my girls to facilitate my life- NO!

To make a long story short, my dad ends up coming by with his mechanic to rip out the ignition to the car and put a new one in, but it's not that easy. There's apparently a chip that needs to be removed so I have to call a locksmith to do the job. So, after 2 days and $275 are spent I now have a car that I can use. (Did I mention the car happened to be parked at a meter because it was Sunday??? And YES I did get a ticket despite calling the parking authority and letting them know my situation). What about my birth control, you ask? I can't get it again till next week when insurance will cover it, so it will be alternative methods till then.

So, HUGE lessons learned- 1) make a million copies of every key and have copies everywhere because you don't want to get caught like me spending insane amounts of money to pay for a new one! AND 2) if you happen to spill your purse out, make sure you have absolutely EVERYTHING when you pick things up!