Moms birthday was on Saturday (or was it Friday?...).
Laurie is now like 47 I think. Good son I am, no?... ^_^
We all tried going to a Christies' restaurant, but were turned away at the door. Too many people, they said, and they wouldn't accomadate our crowd of a family. Ouch.
So we left. We went to Boston Pizza instead. Even though it was early, it was still very busy (Saturday in Fort Saskatchewan, go figure...).
We eventually got a seat, where our waitress asked everyone, except the Birthday gal Laurie, what we wanted to drink. She disappeared before we could even say anything.
When she came back, and we started ordering, Laurie was extremely rude to the waitress. ''Everything better be perfect, since it's my birthday, and I'm paying for the meal'' was basically what she huffed at the waitress.
Before we even got to the restaurant, Kim, her mate, tried to convince us all to get expensive Chinese food takeout instead for Lauries birthday meal. No thank you. Everyone was adamant about it. Oh, also, Kim nor Laurie had any smokes, and Kim was on a mini-freak-out over that fact. Not that it would matter. Laurie can't smoke in her cab anymore (she had her work car for the evening, to drive us around), and smoking in any public place of business is now against the law in Alberta.

Regardless of Samanthas absence (more on this later) and everyones snarky attitude at the start, the meal progressed nicely.
Service picked up, and the huge crowd suddenly diminished by nearly 7 tables at once, it seemed. The traffic was cut in half for sure in the restaurant, and we got more attention.
Tony and Steph ordered pasta with chicken or other meats, Jamie ordered some wierd chicken meal, Kim I have no idea what she ate, and Laurie and I both had the same thing. Sirloin tip steak topped with scallops and prawns. Only, my steak was bloody and rare, whiles hers was charred to a crisp, as requested quite rudely by her. ''This steak better be perfect. If there's any red or pink in the middle at all, I'm gonna raise shit'' is basically what she said again. Lay off the caffiene momma...

I had brought some pencils and pens, so Jamie, when she started to get comfy, started drawing on some napkins. She drew me eating a steak whole, my face with the steak dangling down past my chin from my mouth. Cute and classic. Then on the same side she drew Steph and herself. Herself eating salad like a pig, while Steph in the picture was looking at her oddly like a snake watching a demented bunny rabbit.
I still have that napkin. I save any oddball artwork that Jamie makes for us. It's important, to me.

The meal was drawing to a close, and both girls said they were full. However, Jamie started to ask me if she could have a nibble from my steak. Smiling, I looked at her and said of course, and hand-fed her my own meal, in front of Kim and Laurie.
Stephanie soon took in on the action, so I fed her as well. Laurie was grossed out, not because of the fact I was doing something intimate and loving with her daughters, but the fact my steak was dripping red juice onto my plate, and was more red than pink on the inside. We three just laughed as we watched her squirm.
I won't ever forget feeding the girls. I would do that more often if I could. I have a very intimate side, and would gladly snuggle and cuddle with those two anytime they asked. I snuggle with Stephanie all the time, in fact.

So the meal ended, the girls bought Laurie a cake from Safeway, and we rented five movies. I watched two movies in a row, something I almost never do anymore (Steph was cuddling with me the whole time, so I think that's why I stayed)!

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Stephanie recently broke up with her boyfriend/fiancee. Steph is only 16, and is already wearing aa ring.
Her boyfriend is 7 years older than her (Hey, I'm 7 years older than Jamie...), and he doesn't seem to want to spend any time with her.
He thinks a guys role is simply to go to work and come home to their woman. That's it. No cuddle time or love, no romance, nothing. Sheesh.
Stephanie is like me, in the fact that she doesn't care about money or how much stuff you own. All she wants is him to visit every day, and to talk more often, and discuss important things like feelings.
When Steph broke up with him, I let her cuddle and talk with me in my own bed for several hours. I discussed all that I could about her relationship with her. Then I comforted her, and when she felt better, took away her stress with a very nice massage.

Today, two days after the big break up, he apparently has decided to make up with her. He came over and sat on the couch with her for nearly two hours. Not much talking, but lots of simple holding and together time.
Man, Steph needs a man like myself. One who listens, talks to her, and attempts to understand her issues.

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Today I hanged out with Steph and Jamie for a little bit in the morning. Jamie ended up going to her dads today for a visit, while Steph just waited for her boyfriend/fiancee to show up.
Me, I bought the girls some food today, stripped down to my pajamas, then ate with them. Then, I had to get dressed and run to the store for something. Then, after stripping, had to run Steph over to the Dow Centennial Centre. THEN, after stripping, I had to go pick up Jamie from her dads house. Gah!

Steph and I hanged out at the Dow Centre for a while, hooking up with one of her friends. We had a Booster Juice, then went home. I let Steph drive me home, and to the 7-11 store, and she doesn't even have a Learners Licence yet! ^_^
(I'm sooo bad...)

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Anyways, regarding Sams absence from our home. Well, basically, she left/got kicked out. Kinda-sorta.
She said something VERY disrespectful about her mother to one of her bratty friends, while her mother was in the next room! Her mother spazzed, and yelled at Sam. Sam just yelled back, and it turned into a pissing contest.
Sam said she was leaving, and Kim told her not to come back unti l she could apologize to the family. Oh, Sams also been stealing money and the mums pot out of their room.
Sam is doing what Jamie did as a young girl: turning into a young hellion. Sex, drugs, booze, rebellion...
Jamie at that age faced a whole town and network of people who contacted Kim and Laurie when they caught her doing wrong things. Jamie eventually smartened up because of it.
However, they're doing nothing to curb Sams behaviour. So, Sam is just getting worse and worse, and her parents don't seem to care.

Jamie told them that she was moving out if they let Sam move back in. I'm not saying anything. Jamie knows I'm here for her if she needs me, and I'm staying on my toes right now, ready to act if I have to.
However, it's very unlikely that Sam will want to come back, so I don't see that happening yet.

We have to lock our house down when we leave now. It's like we're keeping her out now. I'm against it, since I still love Sam, but those are the parents rules. Sam can't come into our house unless one of the mums is at home to talk to her. Period.

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I was going to talk about something else right now, but I completely forgot. Oh well.
Love ya family, friends, and other peeps. Cya!