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Sunday, I woke up early but was not feeling up to doing much.  It was a cloudy and gloomy day.  Ugh!  I hate days like these.  I forced myself to get up and make myself a cup of coffee.  After I had a cup, I washed a few dishes left in the sink, swept the floors and cleaned my bathroom. I even went downstairs and cleaned the basement.  Yeah…so much for not doing anything!

Once I finished my chores, I decided I wanted to go back to bed.  Screw it!  I’m not in the mood for anything.  I turned on the TV and the movie “The Wedding Date” was just about to begin.  So I got under the covers and began to watch the movie.   By the time I got out of bed again, it was already late in the afternoon.  

I finally got the kids to call my sister A to wish her a happy birthday.  While my son was talking to her on the phone, he turned to me and said, “Mom, A wants to talk to you.”  Well, what you know…I guess she wasn’t mad at me after all.  I should be mad at her for bitching at me…but anyway.  I took the phone and said, “Happy birthday!”   She replies without much enthusiasm, “Thanks.”  “What are you going to do today?”  I ask.  “Nothing.  I don’t feel like doing anything!”  She says.  “Me neither.”  I replied.

“I’m bored and I don’t want to do anything.”  She adds.  “Well, why don’t you come over, maybe I can cook something.”  I tell her.  “Oh, o.k.  Let me get ready and I’ll go over.”  As soon as I hung up, I began to prepare one of my specialties … pasta with chicken, broccoli and cauliflower dressed in olive oil with garlic.  

My sister A finally showed up and you could tell she was not in a good mood.  As soon as she sat down to eat, her cell phone began to ring.  It was my dad wishing her a happy birthday.  He wanted to know what were her plans and she told him she was just going to hang out at my house.  Then it followed by more calls from family and friends.  

Originally, we were going to go out for dinner to celebrate her birthday but, at the last minute, my sister decided she didn’t feel like going out.  I guess my dad called everyone because next thing I knew, my brothers and sisters came over to my house.   We had a few cases of beer, pizza, wine and a seafood dish that my dad help prepare.  My son even baked a yummy cake for my sister.  Everyone was surprised that he actually baked it and it tasted good.    

That evening, it started thundering and lightening.  And pretty soon the rain came pouring down like cats and dogs.  But we were inside the house drinking, eating and having a good time with family and a couple of friends.  If this would have been planned, I am sure it wouldn’t have worked out as well.