Birthday Goings On
Feb. 25th, 2002 02:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckScott and I got up just early enough on Sunday to get a few errands taken care of before heading to his parents' place. We returned some stuff to the library and then stopped by the Underworld to pick up our comics. After that, we headed out to the mall so that I could get Scott's birthday present. I wanted to get him a Babylon 5 DVD, the one containing "The Gathering" and "In the Beginning." We managed to find it without too much trouble. We also got a FarScape DVD that included one of the episodes we lost when we tried to tape them all of the SciFi channel. I wanted to get him something I knew he'd enjoy, and this worked well, I think.
The gathering at Scott's parents' place was fairly pleasant. He got a large wheeled box with a handle and several removable trays for storing his tools, a pair of pants and a pair of shorts and a wet/dry shop vac. Both were things he really wanted but wouldn't have bought for himself.
I enjoyed the opportunity to see Brendan and Kayla. Brendan was a bit whiny, but that didn't surprise me much. He's a week short of three and had already had a busy day by the time we saw him (another birthday party at some sort of nature reserve). I hadn't seen Kayla since shortly after she was born, so from my point of view she'd grown a lot. I held her a bit but gave her back to her father when she needed to be changed (he tried to talk me into it, but I demurred. Hearing that she hadn't been changed since before the first party they went to somehow didn't inspire me with enthusiasm for the task). She was wriggly and kicked a lot. I missed most of her smiles since I kept her facing out toward the rest of the family (I thought that the cabinet behind me would make fairly boring viewing for her).
We thought we'd set up the VCR to get both Enterprise and Andromeda, but it appears that we only got Enterprise (which appears to be a rerun). We got home about 20 minutes into Andromeda, so we'll have to tape it next Saturday if we're going to see the rest. I'd like to because I'm a bit curious as to how the situation we saw worked out in the rest of the episode was set up.
Even with the Andromeda problem, Scott still told me that this ranks as one of his best birthdays in years. It wasn't rushed, and nothing important went wrong. He got presents he wanted and would use, and he and I got some time to spend together. I'm pleased too.
The gathering at Scott's parents' place was fairly pleasant. He got a large wheeled box with a handle and several removable trays for storing his tools, a pair of pants and a pair of shorts and a wet/dry shop vac. Both were things he really wanted but wouldn't have bought for himself.
I enjoyed the opportunity to see Brendan and Kayla. Brendan was a bit whiny, but that didn't surprise me much. He's a week short of three and had already had a busy day by the time we saw him (another birthday party at some sort of nature reserve). I hadn't seen Kayla since shortly after she was born, so from my point of view she'd grown a lot. I held her a bit but gave her back to her father when she needed to be changed (he tried to talk me into it, but I demurred. Hearing that she hadn't been changed since before the first party they went to somehow didn't inspire me with enthusiasm for the task). She was wriggly and kicked a lot. I missed most of her smiles since I kept her facing out toward the rest of the family (I thought that the cabinet behind me would make fairly boring viewing for her).
We thought we'd set up the VCR to get both Enterprise and Andromeda, but it appears that we only got Enterprise (which appears to be a rerun). We got home about 20 minutes into Andromeda, so we'll have to tape it next Saturday if we're going to see the rest. I'd like to because I'm a bit curious as to how the situation we saw worked out in the rest of the episode was set up.
Even with the Andromeda problem, Scott still told me that this ranks as one of his best birthdays in years. It wasn't rushed, and nothing important went wrong. He got presents he wanted and would use, and he and I got some time to spend together. I'm pleased too.
