I Keep Forgetting This

[serinde]

So, I hauled up north at 9:00 (after a long day of assorted taskery and mental ugh) to meet my mom, who landed here for the night on her way to shechameleon's. The ostensible purpose was that she was giving me a coffeemaker, which I lacked; these arrangements having been made before I looked again at the apartment and went ZOMG NO SPACE. I refined it by giving back into her care my great-grandma's china, which there is seriously no space for in my life at this time, and a few things for my niece and nephew which I had been too lame to actually post. (B: It's old jewelry, in your cedar box, and also some books.) I didn't want to go running around late at night after such a day of bees, but, y'know, she rented a car and is having a 15-hour drive just to give me a Goddamn Mr. Coffee. So.

And we went to dinner, and we talked, and it was really good.

I keep forgetting, or fearing that it's not going to happen this time, that when push comes to shove and the mad and the bad and the crazy are upon you, Mom puts all her usual fussy aside and is all the supportive, helpful, and contributory in the world. She has done this time and again when I've been in a tough place--and it's not that I have to hold up my hand and say "OK, I'm a mess right now", either. She just knows, and does what you need accordingly. My mom is, at the base of it, in spite of all the chaos and arbitrary and what-not, actually awesome.

Comments

[must-sew-faster.livejournal.com]

I've an 8 oz. French coffee press I can send you if you want. It has the footprint of a coffee mug so it's way smaller than a Mr. Coffee. French pressed coffee is way better than instant.

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

I have a French press, but I can't get coffee made in it to be quite right. (I can't articulate exactly in what way it is not so, or I might be able to solve it.)

[caelfinn.livejournal.com]

Don't feel compelled to answer this now since you're so busy, but are you using a different grind for the French Press? It needs a very coarse ground whereas the espresso machine and I'm guessing the Moka pot want a very fine grind.

[wildemoose.livejournal.com]

My mom is actually quite similar--she's not good at being an ordinary human being in the day to day, but in times of crisis she's great.

[briony530.livejournal.com]

Yeah, kinda the same thing with my mom when I was going through the Autumn of Hell. The comforting thing is knowing that, when the pressure is off, she will go back to driving me nuts as usual.