Everything went great, even with all the things I mentioned yesterday, plus today’s problems on the Red Line that made Igor and my mom being 30 minutes late to her party, and some guests as well :). There were a couple of times in the past when my mom got really upset about us not letting her know in advance that somebody was going to visit, that’s why we tried to plan it being a surprise, but not a complete surprise :).
I invited those with whom my mom interacted through all these seven years she has been in the USA, with the hope that she will remember. I was pleasantly surprised that she recognized everyone and addressed everyone by name, even those she hadn’t seen for a long time. About half an hour later, however, she started to ask me again who was who and how she knew them. When I shared this observation with Anna and John, they suggested that she got tired, and they must be right. I am going to focus on the positive side of things 🙂
Everyone whom I asked came, and the food was delicious, and Vanille’s cake was awesome.
It was great that Nadia and Kira made their presents for my mom, and she appreciated it 🙂
When we brought her and all her presents home, we found out (I was pretty sure about it, but we confirmed :)) that she didn’t have enough vases for flowers and no containers for the remaining cake, so I had to go home and bring all of the above to her.
All good, we made it, and my mom was happy, and I couldn’t thank Anna enough for all her organizational efforts!
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