I've survived the weekend....barely

So there were fireworks and family and food and mosquitoes. Lilly stayed over Saturday night and spent most of Sunday with us. It's nice that she's 8 because she can pretty much do everything by herself and is quite self-sufficient. She even went to run errands with me because she's big enough to not have to be in a car seat. The loading them in and out of the car in a car seat is really rough on old Grandma Marsha.

We were at Wal Mart, getting candles (and because Lilly wanted to decorate a cake for her dad, a second cake to go with the German Chocolate cake he requested for his birthday) and as we were heading out, we stopped by the crossing from the store to the parking lot. The driver of an SUV motioned us to cross, so grandma took Lilly's hand and we hurried across. Lilly looked at me when we got to the other side and said, "Wow, Grandma, I've never seen you run before." Yeah, well, grandma didn't even run a lot when she was Lilly's age so it's not surprising, was my reply. She gave me one of those looks children give adults when they think they're nuts and we went on our way to the Chinese buffet where she went crazy - and grandma let her - and grandma discovered the girl loves sushi. Yes, I know sushi is Japanese but around here Asian is Asian and you get your food where you can. Now if only they would combine Korean food with it - Kalbi ribs I miss you!!! - I'd be very happy.

Grandpa had a bout of diverticulitis so he was not in an eating mood. Lilly was adorable, though. She kept asking grandpa if he wanted shrimp or a fortune cookie or anything.

By the time we ended the day with cake and ice cream, I was ready for work. lol

Hated being outside Saturday night for the fireworks. Mosquitoes were out full force and I am a mosquito magnet. But the fireworks were great again this year. Stars, stripes, happy faces even.

So it took me a couple of days recovery to get this posted.

Have so much I want to say, so little time. May be blogging more this weekend as I am having a four day weekend to recharge my batteries and spend time at home in hiding, hoping the co-workers will have forgotten this is my 50th birthday upcoming. Most of us are ill or have ailing family members for some reason so we've been missing birthdays or just doing cards. No embarrassing ads or too much sabotage of work spaces. Of course a couple of people who have payback in mind from my enthusiastic participation in their birthday surprises claim they marked my birthday on their calendar. Here's hoping they don't see until my birthday, which will be on a Saturday so the chances are good, they'll miss it. Keeping my fingers crossed in anticipation.

Hope to be blogging happily over the weekend. I really miss venting. lol


[NP: John Mayer - Waiting for the World to Change]