Mother's day 2026

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"The phrase 'working mother' is redundant." — Jane Sellman

After the week we've had, Corb and I are dining alone tonight, having spent four days in complete socialization mode.

It was totally worth it, that socialization thing. But man, it does get us tired. We had dinner with Theo on Monday, caught up with with MB and Pauline on Tuesday, received travel tips on Paris and Barcelona from the lovely Bea Schmid at the Norton Singers fundraiser Wednesday (PS: I won the lottery tree! Go me!), and of course, spent seven hours yesterday videotaping the Money Unscripted segment with my friends Jessi and Ally, after which we were thoroughly exhausted. Corb asked, is that what your life was like, before you retired? I nodded. Yes. Different, of course, but just as intense.

I'm excited to see how that segment turns out. It was interesting being on the other side of the media lens. I think I took direction well. Ally said I did just fine. You know I'll be sure to share it.

Also, let's talk a wee bit about mothers, shall we? This weekend is of course mother's day, and we will be socializing with my parents tomorrow and Corb's mom on Sunday. And how lucky and grateful we both are to still have our parents in their 80s, still so vital and enduring. My sister Laurie and I were discussing this, this afternoon, and we both feel so blessed (and looking forward to spending a week with them this summer). I know that MB was discussing how her mom is now 96 and going strong. She sleeps a lot, but I figure that's just the batteries recharging. Long life is such a gift; not many are not this fortunate. We need to remember just how lucky we are.

Happy mothers day in advance, to all my favorite mothers out there. You know who you are. But Josie and Annie, you are definitely at the top of the list!

So tonight, I raise a lavender lemon drop martini and toast to socialization, to mothers, and to living life on the other side of the lens. Life on that other side is good, my friends. And of course, only two and a half weeks to go before we head off to gay Paree! So, a toast to the launch of another big adventure.

As always, I raise a cup to my friends, to all the awesome members of the Friday night Martini club! And love you, mom and pop! You truly mean the world to us. Have a great weekend, everyone.

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Post-Friday night scribblings

And after that night...we went right back into socialization mode.

Saturday we woke up at 6:30 for the annual Eldredge Players Yard Sale. Anna was there but was clearly sad about the passing of her sister, who she was extremely close to, despite Wales being so far away. We stayed there until around 1:30 and celebrated Bea's birthday.

After that, we drove to celebrate Mother's day with my parents and Kerrie at Longhorn. Theo was supposed to go, but my parents changed the time and it was too late for him.

But it was a nice dinner. Tommy has decided he wants to live full time in Florida as he cannot afford paying for two houses. That means Kerrie and I will have oversight for Mom and Dad full time. I have mixed feelings about that.

Sunday we went to Scott and Tina's at around one. It was okay, and for a change, the food was decent, since Scott did the cooking (Tina is an awful cook).

However, around six or so, after about an hour of Corbett and his brothers reminiscing about their high school years, and the faint whiff of misogyny and racial microtriggers that follow Scott and Greg everywhere they go, I kind of hit the wall. And I was kind of anxious about trying to get Corb to go...I made a beeline to the garage to exit and moved into the car as quickly as I could. But frankly, by that point, Gregg and Scott were talking entirely to each other, not including everyone in the conversation, and Corb and his mom were just standing there listening to them talk. I am not a fan of standing their listening to cis white males chatter on incessantly about "man talk"...it bores me to tears, and I don't realluy have any need at this point in my life to put up with it.

Still. It is something I think I have to get better at, as it is probably embarrassing to Corb. I am really going to make an effort to be less "let's get a move on" in the future. Really. Seriously.