ROAD TO NIRVANA: Mother's Day

Mother's Day is a very important day to me. It's probably one of my favorite reasons to celebrate besides Christmas and my birthday. I thought this would be the first time that I was not able to come home and praise my favorite person on a day that was made for her. Since finals week was right after Mother's Day weekend, I figured there was no way. I had a really bad week leading up to Mother's Day weekend. At that point I didn't care about anything, all I wanted to do was to get away. So I drove home to surprise my mother. I got in to town at 2:00a.m., somehow, my parents were still up! I thought I was going to be locked out of my house once again... seems like that's always the case. Haha. Home was so good to me. I brought all of my study materials home so I can prep for finals. That didn't go so well. Let's just say fun distracted me. I spent most of my day time with my sister. I always leave her when I'm home, so this was different. I really enjoyed the quality time that we had. I got to see my best friends when I was home, so that was splendid.

So, usually on Mother's Day, I spoil the crap out of my mom. I would have flowers arrangement deliver to her work, I would decorate the house, I would buy her gifts, take the whole family out to eat, etc. Well, this year, I'm way broker than usual... due to the crapload of $$$ that I spent on EDC tix & Vegas. So I told her I would cook for her. Since that would be a much cheaper option. Well... my whole meal came out to be just as much as if I were to take her out to a nice dinner. Luckily my paycheck came just in time! I made a 4 course meal, holy crap that was hard! Like I can cook and everything... but cooking for six people?!? Way different. I made steak salad, spinach stuffed mushrooms, bacon rolls, and shrimp penne pasta with a cream sauce. Even though I didn't manage my time wisely, the food came out okay. It was pretty delicious! Momma was proud. Here are some pictures...