The last week of July 2010

Originally written July 2010

Alexa's 8th birthday
Kate and Dave held a joint birthday party for their kids - Joel's birthday fell at a very busy time in the past year and they were unable to have a party for him at the time.  They ended up having a party for both kids at the Wave House in PB.  The kids were given an hour to play on a wave machine (the Flow Rider) and then they were given two hours at an indoor pool with  party hosts who played games with them and lifeguards that looked out for their safety.

 Kate did me the honor of asking me to help make the cake for the party, Kate had seen a cake that she loved but decided that she could make it bigger and for she felt that she could make it for alot less money.  Of course, their was a small amount of drama because Kate is Kate and somehow she always seems to face obstacles in everything she does.  (I love you Kate, but you know that I am not lying)  Kate had visions of a cake that would have been possible if I would have started planning it two weeks in advance and if I had access to and industrial size refrigerator.  Unfortunately the party was the next day, it was 3:00 in the afternoon and we still had to go to the grocery store.  I managed to talk Kate into cupcakes and I was able to make them with ocean-colored icing and we found really cool sugar pieces to decorate them with.  I think they turned out pretty good - if I do say so myself!

icing colors

 

This week was also Sean's birthday at the Local.   I had really wanted to go but couldn't figure out how to get downtown and then home again at a decent hour - and yes, it does feel like I am 15 years old and worried about a ride and my curfew...wait, my boyfriend in high school had the curfew - not me!  Caryn offered to have me spend the night at her house the night of Sean's birthday celebration, it was great fun to be back out around people that I have known for a long time.  I was able to wish Sean  "happy birthday" in person and I got to see alot of people I hadn't seen in a long time.  It was fun to see the Local in full swing and I did take note of the fact  that I can still be out and amongst people in a "normal" setting.   The music was a little too loud for my taste and alot of that stems from the fact that I have a harder time hearing people now - I think that I have to concentrate on so much on everything else, therefore my hearing suffers.  All hearing tests have come back with my hearing in a normal range, I don't have any physical impairments with my hearing so the only thing that makes sense is that I don't seem to be able to handle too much going on at once.