Whenever my mother and father visit they bring me food and household items. Usually my mother will call and ask if I need or want anything. I will usually say that I don’t. Today my mother called at 10:30 am and asked if I needed moisturizer. I initially said no but then recanted. She asked if I needed anything else and this time, I was clear that I didn’t. Not that that matters.
So my parents arrived two hours later with my aunt in tow. Not only did they bring me moisturizer, but my family swarmed me with the following:
- a jar of homemade pickles made by dad
- a bag of purple and green tomatillos that my aunt picked from who-knows-where
- little packages of beef jerky, dried apple chips (from Costco I can imagine)
- rice pudding cups and yogurt (also Costco items)
- a giant opened bag of parmesan flavoured baguette crisps (Costco!)
- a bunch of bananas (”Eat a banana a day!” my mom stated as she came at me with the bunch)
- a gallon of vegetable oil
- a bottle of extra virgin olive oil
- loose packs of gum
- two litres of soy milk
- dried sausage cut up in a bag
- a Chinese moon cake
- a box of Ziplock bags
- a roll of parchment paper
- a roll of plastic wrap
- two tubes of toothpaste
- four bars of soap
- toilet cleaner
- 1 24 pack of toilet paper rolls (SCORE! I hate buying toilet paper)
I probably forgot something. Oh, on top of the moisturizer, my mother also gave me a tube of lipstick and lip gloss. I don’t wear lipstick, or lip gloss even, ever. Essentially the aforementioned donated items are a result of my parents still not being used to having the kids moved out of the house and their inability to resist a deal or sale. And my mother wanting to pawn off some of the stuff she hoards in the basement that she discovers she has too much of. Also, I have a feeling they are worried that I do not make enough money and want to just genuinely help me by furnishing Steven and I with ‘essentials’. It’s not bad for the most part, but I basically end up with more things that I don’t really use or use quickly. I still have three rolls of aluminum kicking around.
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