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weekend update
friday, watched liz sub in a maroon game. they were down most of the game but came back in the third period to win it. woo!

saturday, woke up late, hustled to get lunch and wracked my brain for "something different" to bring to mcjedi's bbq, coming up empty. i was having pastitsio for lunch and ding! it was different and i didn't think anyone else would be bringing it, perfect! ordered two to go, then got over to their house to hang out with friends outside of a hockey rink. =)

had a very nice time, thanks mcjedi! i dipped my feet in the pool while peter and i tried to get the sub working, but it wasn't cooperating, even after a battery change. peter had taken the whole thing apart and had it mostly working but couldn't get the fourth button to work. i gave up and became mesmerized with the chocolate fountain. mmm, so good! so yummy. so heart stopping. i sampled everything and tried to back away, lest i fall face first into the flowing goodness from sugar shock.

there was another couple there with a toddler and, as i'm starting to realize with every parent we encounter, we learn new things, either about parenting or about how different we might do things. i know that sounds like a no-brainer, but hey, i'm new at this and just started noticing. this is not a judgement on the parents we meet, it's more like an education for me, because i'm definitely taking notes. i should start writing them down because i'm definitely getting forgetful in my old age.

like, i forget that we're not always surrounded by our friends who have no problems with us, so it's interesting to see/hear how people react to gay parents. i forget that we're gay, just like i forget i'm chinese. they're both things i'm proud of but i don't need to be in-yer-face about it, i just...am. if you have issue with either of those things, then you can go away. to that end, i'm also forgetting that we're not exactly a "typical" family unit and wonder how much "education" we're expected to do. i don't like confrontation, so it was a good thing that i was not present when someone shared their opinion that "gays should not marry." my blood would've boiled over and rendered me speechless.

anyway, had a lovely time and headed home after a few hours of munching on cool and different things. parsnip pancakes i think were my surprise favorites, i didn't get to try any meats because i was saving myself for the fountain of yumminess. where did we go? right, old navy and storables on saratoga, then walked down to target for things. did we have dinner? i don't remember. wait, yes we did. popeye's. i had the fried catfish. not awful, not great either. got home, hung out with val. =)

sunday, woke up late again, grabbed mcd's, then dropped in at a friend's kids' birthday party at this cute little swim center in santa clara. two people we were no longer friends with were there, as i knew they'd be, but i had hoped things would be civil enough that we could be be in the same space without awkwardness. stupid me, i'd forgotten their penchant for pettiness. they walked with said friend, who was headed over to greet us steal the baby, and just as i thought there was a possibility of contact, they gave us their fakest, disgustingly sweet "hi" without stopping to even look at val and went to talk to someone else before leaving. it hurt to be snubbed like that, to have grown adults be such asses, but i'd forgotten that they were like that, that they liked drama like this, that they dropped friends for no real reason, that they don't give up their grudges, and that they're probably laughing about it right now, replaying the scene. sigh. ok then, i got it, i give up, i don't need that sort of negative bullshit in my life. still a bummer. chatted instead with another friend that we never see and talk to her three year old. dang, time flies!

left soon after to get to my red game in fremont. it was another close game, made more scary by the strong subs they'd gotten, i felt like i was chasing a lot because i was certainly tired early. it was hard keeping up with the short, asian line. i'd laughed about it with members of that team at yesterday's bbq and it's a mostly accurate statement. i miss rwc for the stamina building games where we played 15 minute shifts. my D pair said she skated more on D in this game than she did on center in other games. i wasn't sucking wind as hard as i normally do, but i wasn't too happy with my play either, felt slow and was slow to cover. faced mcjedi on a breakaway, who got it to dana, who took a shot (or two?) and finally got it up over our goalie. what took me so long to get there?! no idea. we somehow held them to the one goal for three periods. dang, i was tired, played a little goonish, didn't make any shots, cursed, and chased a lot. amy and then cheddah made up for my pokiness by scoring a goal apiece. whew. and yay.

stayed and watched the green game afterwards, while liz took val to susan's so she could get to her game. timing had it such that i couldn't make the ateam2 game if i went up to belmont. if the bench wasn't so short, i'd've skipped the game. anyway, the green game was fun to watch. twice i yelled at carolyn to score and twice, she came back with a point, though the second is debatable since the puck was already over the line when she poked at it. sue also scored when i hollered at her to score. the power i have! now why can't i do that for myself?

left that game to get home and take a short nap before my game. suckiest suck suck game, which goes along with the sucky suck suck season. they always twiddle with the lowest division, combining the two lowest whenever they feel like it and we end up getting trounced. really wasn't worth showing up, we lost 2-8, i sucked so bad that i could be -15.

went to harry's for a late dinner and consoled myself with jello and whipped cream. =)
posted by winking bunny at 6:42 PM :: ::