podling | Other Weekend Fun...

Parties, party planning, shopping, food. It's all there. I worked on the super secret decorations for the party for quite a bit over the weekend. So everyone who's coming should at least pretend to be impressed when they see it. :) I cleaned in preparation too, though there's a way to go before it's ready, but we have 4 whole days left (ohmigawd, only 4 days!!!) and we got the groceries for it, lots of groceries, more than we've ever had at one time, pretty much, though it still probably won't be enough. Good thing the store is so close. Oh, and

sidruid got a special sneak preview of my costume, and he deemed that it'll go over well. Though he also said people might think they're at the wrong party, but whatever!

Right, so then there were the parties that I *went* to this weekend. Both fun, both different, both overshadowed by a killer headache. So if you were there, and I seemed annoyed, it wasn't you. Well, it might've been you also, but I had less tolerance than normal. Oh, and among the many costumes...

littlefrogling's costume was totally kick ass!!!! I mean, yeah. So very much so. So totally. You are adorable! Her mom did a great job on it. And

sidruid was a devil fanboy. He claimed he was the devil, but really, I'm going with the devil fanboy idea... So ha!

Oh, so then Sunday, me &

sidruid & Chris went to breakfast in Princeton. Which was good, though the maple syrup flavored with banana was a bit scary, mostly because it was unexpected. I mean, nowhere on that menu did it say, "oh yeah, and our maple syrup is banana flavored". Then we stopped at this open house Japanese restoration thing, which was way cool. Then we covered some serious ground from one side of NJ to the other to get to the kayak store, where I used part of the kayak fund to buy myself a fabulous wetsuit and shirt combo. They were more than half off their regular price, how could I resist??? And I look like an x-man in them, which is funny, so there. Oh! And I *finally* found a pair of x-small gloves for kayaking. They were like the holy grail to me. Will I always use them? Probably not every time, but damn it's good to have the choice.

And then it was on to the beach. Conversation on the way...

me: Is that the ocean up there?

J: I don't think so.

me: But that cloud looks like one that would be over the ocean.

J: What does a cloud over the ocean look like?

me: Like that one!

J: Now you're giving into stereotypes.

me: It's the way of the world, the way peoples' minds work. You group things into like and dislike... or... like and unlike. Or something like that. That cloud is an ocean-going cloud!

J: No it isn't.