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onefixedstar) wrote2004-05-16 11:04 pm
onefixedstar) wrote2004-05-16 11:04 pm
Birthday party
MacGuy's family is in town, visiting from Victoria, so we had them over today for lunch to celebrate his brother's birthday. The prep was a bit rushed; MacGuy was away on business in Vancouver all week and didn't get in until around 7 last night (i.e., after the stores were all closed). And of course, today nothing opened until 10, so there was a lot of scurrying around this morning for food and gifts, all of which had to be purchased and prepared in a two-hour window. The things I do for my roommate... ;)
Overall, I think things worked out well. It was the first time I'd seen his parents in about fifteen years. They're lovely people: very friend and social. His brother has changed quite a bit--from stocky, athletic five-year-old to slender, geeky twenty-four-old (and not nearly as irritating as MacGuy had led me to believe, although MacGuy claims that was only because his brother was on his best behaviour today).
I think next I have to try and get my family down here for a meal.
Overall, I think things worked out well. It was the first time I'd seen his parents in about fifteen years. They're lovely people: very friend and social. His brother has changed quite a bit--from stocky, athletic five-year-old to slender, geeky twenty-four-old (and not nearly as irritating as MacGuy had led me to believe, although MacGuy claims that was only because his brother was on his best behaviour today).
I think next I have to try and get my family down here for a meal.