[b][i]Reality is but an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. ~Albert Einstein[/i][/b]
My reality this weekend was tremendous! :D My love threw me a wonderful birthday party. But then again, a bottle of wine and 4 cosmos later, anything can seem wonderful :wink: Anyway, we had a great time, my family was there, and both my sisters and I got along very well. I think we may be maturing :shock: My love's parents were there, and actually stayed longer than 45 minutes. I guess the trick is to give them some wine to loosen them up, they were very sociable after that. And a few good friends showed up. Most of my gifts had to do with alcohol :lol: My parents gave me a cool bottle of merlot, the brand name was Luna di Luna and it was a purple bottle. How cool is that? Then my youngest sis gave me a handpainted wine glass that I gather is supposed to be for decoration, but I used it anyway. I love stuff like that. My other sis gave me a very handy dandy wine corker (is that even a word?) Anyway it is like a vacuum and just sucks the cork out. My inlaws gave me the ever popular cash gift. My sis-in-law (the one I really like) gave me a cool egg. It sounds wierd, but I collect eggs (my goal is to get an antique Faberge) and she gave me one that is a music box and plays one of my favorite songs, 'Here Comes the Sun' by the Beatles. And my love and girls got me a rockin' new car stereo. We drank and played poker all night. Then we had to get up and go to my in laws for a b-b-q on Saturday. That was a little difficult. I had promised myself I would not drink all day. That proved rather difficult though, as the b-b-q was to welcome my love's aunt and cousins who are staying here for 10 days on vacation. My love's family is a little intense at times, and a bit hard to handle. Luckily, my dad-in-law had 3 bottles of my favorite red wine. After the first bottle, it was almost easy to take all of the tension and snide remarks:lol: Then Suday, we took a drive to the mountains to stay in a condo for the rest of the weekend. We didn't really do too much, mainly just relaxed. The weather wasn't that great, on and off rain, but it was nice to just hang out with my love and girls, and they really enjoyed it too. We sat by the lake and watched fireworks Sunday night, it was cold and the fireworks were kind of lame, but it just somehow seemed perfect. My 16 year old shares my love for the night sky and rain. Right before the fireworks started she looked at me and smiled. Then she said, "right this second, don't you just feel infinite?" then she lay back on the ground and watched the sky. And that sums up the whole weekend, we were infinite.