Family Friend and Mom's Birthday

A friend of the family has been visiting my mother and brother in Guelph. He's the one responsible for introducing my father to my mother, so he's indirectly responsible for me and my brother being born. He was in the hospital while I was being born, and he sheltered my family during a difficult time of need. Despite having such significance during the early years of my life, he moved out of province when I was young, and it has been over twenty years since I've seen him.

He came to visit a number of friends and family that he also hasn't seen since moving, and he brought one of his daughters with him for the first portion of his trip. He was planning to stay in a hotel but my mother offered to let them stay at her place.

It's a little bit interesting, because when my aunt and cousin have visited Guelph in recent years, they have stayed at my mother's place. My mom's place is becoming more frequently used as an overnight residence, even though it's only a two bedroom apartment and two people already live in it.

Coincidentally, it was also my mother's birthday and also Mother's Day (very convenient to have your mother born so near Mother's Day). Even more conveniently, I usually work weekends, but I had a cancellation, so I was able to visit Guelph on my mother's birthday.

The family friend's daughter had already left by the time I arrived, but I got to meet with the family friend for the first time in over twenty years.

Some of my grandparents visited for my mother's birthday and they took us out for lunch and dinner. Mom got to choose where we would go and she chose a few places we'd never been before. We went to the Greek Garden for lunch, where I had the souvlaki plate, and to the Bread Bar for dinner where me and my brother split a Bee Sting Pizza (honey and chili flavoured).

For her birthday, I got my mom a bean grinder. I was a little skeptical, because my mom doesn't drink much coffee, but it's what she requested. Apparently she's into cold brew now, and it's useful for chopping nuts as well. I got one with a five year warranty and settings for how fine or coarse you want things chopped, and I also got her a couple different coffee bean flavours. My brother got her a bunch of presents.

I have all my grades back for last semester. I passed everything by a safe margin.