The party was great! I had full intentions of posting pictures of my outfit, but we had a new sitter and in my anxious getting-ready-to-leave-and-talking-far-too-much (“and the cell number is here, and here, and here”) I forgot to take a picture before we left, and then when we got home I was feeling slightly worse for the wear. There was great food, lots of wine, and the deejay even played Billie Jean, despite which I maintained my dignity by NOT doing the moonwalk. In fact I didn’t dance at all, instead partaking in many entertaining conversations, not the least of which was with one woman who regaled me with her stories of visiting “The Happiest Place on Earth” and crying a lot. I felt an immediate kinship with her. I introduced myself to one sweet young girl who floored me by saying she recognized me from this blog. That was both startling and gratifying, and if you are reading this, hi! Thanks for reading! Also highly gratifying was the conversation that took place with another lovely young girl in the ladies’ room, who informed me that she loved my hair and wished hers was like it. Such a thing has never been said to me before, given that my hair is one of my least favourite attributes and the cause of much emotional suffering throughout my life. In fact, I can summarise an entire decade of bad hair in two words: home perms. I would do a photo montage of that time if it wasn’t so incredibly depressing. So I was sufficiently warmed by the kindness of people, and I stayed up until all hours – i.e., midnight – resulting in my feeling quite tired and slightly delicate today.
In other words, I was not in the least prepared for the scenario in which I drove Jake to a birthday party, taking place at a church gymnasium, and realized when we arrived at the church, ten minutes late, that we were actually at the wrong church. Situation was revolutionized by my actual utilization of my Garmin. My husband bought me that Garmin two years ago in response to my constant getting lost and hysterical, but I have never independently operated it. I did manage to use it today, and although I was a bit panicky (“Why is it saying to put in an address for British Columbia? We’re not IN British Columbia.”) I did end up at the correct church. However, once we were there and I was oriented, I realized that the Garmin had taken the most circuitous route possible. Nonetheless, I did get there so Garmin for the win!
While Jake was spending, apparently, two solid hours in a bouncy castle, I browsed through Bed, Bath and Beyond. I had never been there before but I always kind of wanted to, all because of the scene in Old School where Frank the Tank describes his potential “pretty nice little Saturday”. I ended up buying a new shower curtain, to replace our ten year old one, and felt like I just renovated our entire bathroom. It’s funny how something small can do that. It’s also funny how my husband’s and my own tastes are incredibly divergent on the subject of shower curtains. I cannot wait for the conversation when I go to replace our aged comforter! But that is a story for another day.
We didn’t dance at my husband’s work party either — because we were too hypnotized by all the country music- inspired crunking going on. It was so sad/funny.
A bouncy castle IN a church gymnasium? I don’t think Jesus would approve.
It’s a known fact that men are scared of new shower curtains. I think it’s their “thing”…
We didn’t dance at my husband’s work party either. Mainly, because I had fallen down the stairs 2 days earlier resulting in an injured ankle and my husband was injured at work the day before leaving him with a bad ankle, leg and shoulder. Yaaa, we were fun that night! LOL! Sounds like you had a fun time!
Ummm I totally vote for a perm montage. Totally. Also doesn’t your head want to explode when someone comments on your hair? Makes me feel all awesome.
My husband told his secretary who happens to be the owner of the business wife that I had a blog and she demanded to know the address. I find it creepy that she reads my life now…I have to pay attention to what I have to say 😉