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Got up this morning, showered, dressed, came back downstairs, found my niece playing on her phone.
me: Are you hungry?
Chloe: No.
me: C’mon, you haven’t eaten since last night. I’ll be right back with something for breakfast.
Chloe: Okay.
I drive off to get pork buns.
Except… it’s Chinese New Year.
And all the Chinese restaurants are closed.
Whoops.
Next stop, Dunkin’ Donuts.
I won’t embarrass her with pictures here, but today is my niece Regina’s 20th birthday.
Yikes.
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The one memory I’ll share here is one day when she was maybe a year old, and my sister’s family had come by to visit.
I had set up the old Avalon Hill War at Sea game, and Regina sat on my lap as I played a turn. The British and German navies were attacking each other, and as I rolled the dice, Regina would say, “uh oh” whenever I rolled a ‘5’ (ship damaged/crippled) and exclaimed “oh no!” whenever I rolled a ‘6’ (ship destroyed/sunk).
I hadn’t even explained the rules to her.
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In 1999 (I think), my sister called me shortly after the beginning of the Daytona 500.
Maria: What did you teach her?
Me: What do you mean?
Maria: We were watching the start of the race, they waved the green flag, and Regina said, “Go!”
Me (laughing): I didn’t do it.
Regina has always been a smart kid.
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Last one:
In 1999, I was babysitting at their place, and Regina was sleeping on the couch. I left her alone until she woke up, sat up, and vomited all over her onesie.
Eeeek.
I quickly scooped her up and removed the puked-on garment, found another one, changed her diaper since she had also peed, and dressed her in the other onesie.
I then held onto her until she fell asleep again, and then her parents came home.
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Happy Birthday, Regina!
Spent the morning running around doing errands.
I pondered going to see The Last Jedi again, but decided not to.
I ended up picking up this, on sale, though:
Porg mug! And it holds about 24 oz. That’s a lot of coffee. Or 2 cans of Pepsi.
It is a bit freaky because it looks like it was lobotomized.
I bought Dad a new set of pajamas because his looked a bit beat up when I saw him this morning. I did ask him if he needed a new set, and he did say yes.
My last stop was outside JC Pennys, where my niece and her Girl Scout troop were singing Christmas carols for about an hour or so.
Once again I was tempted to go see The Last Jedi, but decided to go home.