She seemed fine when I offered her a ride home a couple of weeks ago. It was the weekend, so I had the car, and she was standing outside. After she turned me down, I said okay, bye, and walked away. She hollered back 'have a good day', in a nice sort of way. I said 'Thanks, you too!'
Since that day, she hasn't spoken to me, and I haven't the energy to approach her again.
My mother has just arrived at the airport. Her next steps are to rent a car, then come to our apartment.
Then she'll check into her hotel room.
She will be our first visiter up north, and it's her first time traveling alone, so it's exciting.
My son is elated to see his grandma, and I wish I were a better host, as I don't have much planned for her short visit. She's here until the 27th.
We plan on going to the Mall of America, which is an excellent idea, as is the biggest mall in America. Plus, the Rainforest Cafe is open after over a year of being closed. They moved it from the ground floor up to the third floor.
My husband and I went there on the 17th for our eight year wedding anniversary. Their 'Natural Burger' is vegan, and thankfully tasty.
RC also has a few vegetarian meals. I think mom's gone vegetarian, or at least, on her way.
Rainforst Cafe has loads of animal products on their menu. Which seems counterintuitive when we're talking mimicking a rainforest, as their restaurant does with their animatronic animals and pretend thunderstorms. (The lights dim out, lightening strikes, and the fake animals go crazy instead of seeking shelter.)
One would think they'd want to head toward the vegan route in attempts to educate people about how the rainforests are under threat, and dwindling thanks mainly to animal agriculture.
But, money is with the animal industry, as people can't seem to get enough of animals on their plates, day and night.
I digress.
If mom wants to, we could go strawberry picking. My boss, and coworker came along with me to Wyatt's Strawberries last weekend, and we picked our own.
I walked away with a little more than eight pounds of strawberries.
Other than MOA and Wyatt's, I have nothing else planned. :/ Time to do some research.
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