It was Mom's Weekend at Oregon State, where your mom comes down for the weekend and there's events and whatnot that the two of you can go to. Last year we really didn't do it up much, my mom came down for the day and took me out to dinner but that was all. Overall it wasn't worth it for her to drive and whatnot so I felt kind of bad.
So this time, I wanted to make it a little more fun. Also, now that I'm living in my apartment and whatnot she could sleep over and not have to get a hotel.
It all started the day before when I spearheaded a major cleaning of the apartment. We normally keep it fairly clean, but nothing like my mom would like to see I'm sure. So anyways... that took a good two hours on Friday. Kenny helped out, which was good... but... let's just say its painfully obvious he's never had to clean anything at his house before. Spraying CONCENTRATED "Simple Green" all over the coffee table and then smearing chemical into the wood with a quick few strokes is NOT cleaning the coffee table. Now it has a greasy slick that smells like chemicals. So yeah, had to clean up after that. Also did a half assed job on the vacuuming and cleaning up the kitchen floor. Anyways, its over, and the apartment was cleaned.
So the next day my mom arrives around noon. She check out the apartment (is impressed) and then we all get ready to go to the softball game. I had a whole day of activities planned out so we would have stuff to do and not be bored this time around. So we headed off to the softball game and watched Oregon State get absolutely clobbered by #1 Arizona.
At the apartment before the game.
Softball game!
So once the softball game was called due to the Mercy Rule, my mom and I toured around campus. I showed her all the exciting Oregon State sites, including in the library where my mom and dad have their names etched in glass displays for contributing money. Anyways, by the time that was over, it was time to eat dinner.
We went out to Thai food. Kenny and his mom joined us. A good time was had for all, everyone seemed to enjoy the restaurant. It's one I've been to many times and usually like it and my mom seemed to really like it too. Plus, its relatively cheap so that didn't hurt at all. I had a delicious Musmun Curry that hit the spot.
Yummy.
After that we went to the Comedy Show starring Caroline Rhea (as seen in Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Carolina Rhea Show, and The Biggest Loser). Overall, she wasn't very funny. I though her opening act (David Crowe) was much better and would have rather had him the entire time. She had her moments but overall I think they could have done better. We all seemed to mildly enjoy that.
After the comedy show we went back to the apartment and played some cards. Around midnight Kenny's mom left, just coming up for the day. Seemed like she maybe wanted to stay but Kenny was being selfish (a la Dad's Weekend) and wouldn't give up his bed. So whatever. At least this time I didn't have to go to bed at 10pm like on Dad's Weekend. My mom slept in my bed and I slept in the living room on a pad. I watched a little TV and surfed the net on my laptop but it wasn't long before I fell asleep too.
The next morning we woke up and my mom took us out to breakfast before hitting the road to go back to Tualatin. Overall it was a fun weekend.
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