Basketball, sushi and a nice weekend with my brother

I had a special visitor this weekend, my "little" brother Michael. Mike is still on medical leave after having a ruptured appendix, followed by a ton of post-operative complications. It was a scary time for our family, but he is doing much better. We celebrated by having a weekend visit in Charlotte with Michael and my little doggie nephew Murphy.

On Friday night, we went to watch the Charlotte Bobcats play the Sacramento Kings. The game was fun, even though I am not a big NBA fan. (We're more college basketball fanatics, more specifically, the Tarheels.) I've been to Time Warner Cable Arena for many events, but never a basketball game. It was fun.

This has been a nice weekend with highs in the 60s, so we also took the doggies to the dog park and I got to introduce Mike to the joy of the Rusan's lunch sushi buffet.

The best part is how much better my brother is feeling. He was able to climb a lot of steps this weekend and walk through Concord Mills Mall. He couldn't have done that even just a few weeks ago.

Michael and I are at a new, exciting point in our adult lives. We're still brother and sister, but we are learning to relate with each other as friends. And that made this a fantastic weekend.