September 30, 2004
Hummingbird hands
Sorry for the non-bloggage. All my spare time has been spent scrubbing down my house, raking leaves, and dressing the cats in little bowties in honor of the impending visit by my parents tomorrow. That'll be the first time they find out about the ring. Gonna be quite a visit.
It's also my birthday tomorrow, and in honor of it one of my coworkers brought in nuclear-strength three-layer brownies today. The three layers are (1) rich fudge brownies (2) thick buttercream icing and (3) dark chocolate. My fingers are trembling so bad from all the sugar (the recipe calls for four cups) that I'm finding it difficult to type. Seriously.
Bloggage will resume once life, and my pancreas, calm down.
Update: Devoted Reader Independent George says:
So wait - you told us before you told your parents? Aww, shucks. I bet they won't be happy to hear that, though...
You know, I didn't think about this until I read his comment, then I realized - I told you guys before I told anyone. Seriously. I didn't tell everyone at work until Monday, and then I was so busy at work that I didn't email all my friends until Wednesday! And no one in my family knows yet!
So all of my Devoted Readers were the first to know. It's telling that while I was able to wait to tell about this, I simply could not wait to blog it.
Update #2: Not only did the cats completely reject the bowtie idea, but my older, more jaded cat looks distinctly unimpressed by the ring:
