Roller Coaster...of emotions

So today has been an emotional roller coaster. We had Dave's birthday party, which seened to go really well, so that's good. And then Mom calls, and Ricardo and his family hadn't brought Ethan back from the party they went to, so that's bad. And then mom keeps freaking out and stressing, which is very bad. Then they finally show up close to one in the morning, which is good, but then mom gets all mad at me again for not being more confrontational or some shit, and that's bad. I swear the woman's gonna drive me to drink. And then I go to check my email, and this guy who I kinda was trying to date a while back and I haven't seen or spoken to in about 4 months or more has sent me an email asking if I want to go to California with him in May for some conference. And this is uh. . .good or bad? It's weird. I don't know what to think. My guess is that none of his real friends want to go, so he's scraping the bottom of the barrel. It's kinda cool, though, cause I've never been to California, and I'd like to. But I don't know what the cost would be, and I don't really know if I want to spend 2-3 days with this guy. hmm. I'll have to ponder. If anyone has words of wisdon on this subject, they're welcome. I was very happy that Dave seemed to like his party and presents. It's always nice to make people happy. Which I will apparently never be able to do for my mom. Cause she's a crazy, crazy person. Oh, and the chicken recipes thing in the last one was a reference to Achewood, so don't be commenting on how you wanted a chicken recipe, or heads will roll. HEADS WILL ROLL!