que pasa

So as I mentioned yesterday, my mom came over to visit last weekend. It was really good to have her around, even better than I expected.

She was really understanding about the fact that I put in long hours to get work done, and even have to work on weekends at home.  To make things more comfortable, she even rearranged my furniture so that I would have a proper place to do my work.  She encouraged me to finish whatever work I had to do over the weekend so that I wouldn't have that sinking feeling come Monday morning.

We also went shopping together - it was the first shopping trip I did since coming to Shanghai - and did some sightseeing in a touristy place so that she could pick up some souvenirs.  Even went grocery shopping to beef up supplies in my apartment so that I would not be lacking food when too hungry or too lazy to go out (especially since it is getting cold).  She made me eat multivites every day - something that I had stopped doing.  She even made 2 homecooked meals with my crockpot and pathetic kitchenware.

But what I really enjoyed was the fact that for the first time I can remember in my life, that being together for such an extended period of time, I didn't have any irritable moods, we had many good laughs and I was able to show her this part of my life that she had never seen before.  Growing up, I was rather spoilt and often had squabbles with her.  I think I've alluded before that it's only being away from home for extended periods of time that helps me to grow.  And the recent years have been especially good for growing me up.

It's a pity it took so long to get to this point.  But I'm glad that we've reached this stage finally.