weekend: redux

well in an alternate reality, the last entry would be dante's hell. otherwise, the other side of life was a treat. baby picked the kids up at their dad's while i was meeting parents last friday. she proceeded to feed them a substantial dinner at soup restaurant while lugging a whole pot of homemade soup for us oh and papayas. she has the strength of a bull and the heart of a saint.

then she treated us for dinner at a not so respectable place on saturday coz i said the kids loved to pig out there haha. of course after years, they've also acquired and honed a finer taste for dining and only selected what was palatable and of value, something she beamed at. she has already decided they will be discerning from here on and well, leave it to me and we'll still be gobbling maccies.

the best part of the weekend i guess was seeing how they managed to cheer her up some. i've never met anyone, partners or friends, more enthusiastic about the kids. it's instinctively what she is. and i can see them gradually accepting her as part of our lives. even meeting with the immediate family for lunch is another hurdle. who would've thought i'd some day be sitting beside my partner, showing affection publically over badly mixed cocktails haha

so yup, the weekend wasn't all bad. i look forward to more family time all around and really, after that bad spat with the other, i think i can safely say i really don't need or want friends. least of all the sort who has the bedside manner of an iguana.