Yay for a good nurse!

I've been running around PA supporting my Mom's 90th birthday party, which was a very good time for all. I made tactical mistakes with the vegan raspberry-chocolate sheet cake, one of which was how melty the frosting would get, even with it wrapped inside an insulating blanket with lots of icepacks around it -- enough that the Happy 90th slid off to the corner.

That led me to running out to Wegmans where I got to tell the bakery woman that I had a Cake Emergency. So we had a small 'presentation cake' to put the candles on and sing around, and then served out the vegan cake to universal acclaim.

The second tactical mistake was getting a sheet cake, which under normal circumstances would have been twice what we needed... but I had underestimated how DENSE the vegan cake was. Seriously, fruit-cake soaked in rum several months DENSE. You couldn't eat large portions of it, so it was more like for three times what was needed.

So after I begged my relatives to take large chunks home, we've still got like a third of the cake in the fridge. Plus the presentation cake frozen up. I guess two cakes isn't overdoing it for a 90th birthday, but sheesh.

Sending you hugs, Sophia. That's such an intense discovery, a lot of moments to put together.

And now I know what neighborhood you mean, Kat. Yeah, too expensive. But you're looking north of there? I've always loved that area. If I had any power to tempt you over to the Westside I would, for purely selfish reasons of course!

Do you know any fabulous principals or anyone who is qualified to be an LAUSD principal by any chance? Isaac's school is starting a search for a new principal, and I'd like a good one. I figure at least it's a highly desirable school, so at least the job should attract some good people. But it's likely to also attract some assholes and some folks who just won't be a good fit. I'm a bit worrired.

Emmett's struggling to pry some coconut out of the shell and Matilda just helpfully suggested, "Why don't you flex your sixpack at the coconut, Emmett?"

Sophia, wow. I’m glad you found the information though, as it sounds like you’ve been thinking about it a long time.

In unrelated news, some bitey creature (not ND or any of the cats) apparently spent the night in bed with me and had a feast. I am covered in itchy bites. Evil!

"Why don't you flex your sixpack at the coconut, Emmett?"

LULZ. Very helpful, Matilda!

Ugh. I have now been on a conference call for almost three hours, and they keep forgetting to move the phone to whoever is speaking, and I keep getting MAYBE half of what everyone is saying. I'm going to say I need to go, soon. Because this is not worth it.

First Pluto, then the triceratops/torosairus kerfuffle, and now this . My grasp on truth is slipping.

Emmett's struggling to pry some coconut out of the shell and Matilda just helpfully suggested, "Why don't you flex your sixpack at the coconut, Emmett?”

BWAH! Okay, I missed this earlier.

Wow, Sophia, that is an intense discovery. Did he know about you?

The cats let me sleep in until after 8am (normally they start campaigning around 5:30am). I'd love to crawl back in bed, but we are heading down to a rodeo in a couple of hours. Yeee-haw.

Must have been something in the air, because my cats lets me sleep in until after seven. Now, I've just woken up from a accidental 2 hour nap. This is the best rested I've been in weeks.

ita that link is broken.

I listed 7 things on ebay yesterday and 2 are selling.

Today thus far has been lunch and French Open. I am eyeing a stack of paper and a shelf of decorative eggs. I thin it is time to part with all or most of the eggs.

ideas of what to do with CDs with no cases?