Brittani turns 14...oy vey!

Brittani had her 14th Birthday this weekend. Well, technically, it was on Monday...but who wants to par-tay on a monday, right? So Friday night I took her and 5 of her girlfriends to Cedar Lanes for Glo-Bowling. It was a lot of fun, I have to say. We all kinda stunk...but it was fun. The only thing was, it was from 10:30p.m. - 1:30a.m. Oh. My. Goodness. I didn't factor in the time it took to take everyone home either...so, while we left the bowling alley at like 12:45, Britt and I didn't get home till almost 2 a.m.! That is entirely too late for an old fart such as myself! About 7-8 years ago it was no problem...but let me tell you... there is a big difference between early 20's and early 30's! And I wasn't even drinking!

After getting a few hours sleep ( I woke up at 8:00 with the little kids...Britt slept till 11:00 - and then had a nap!), I had to start getting ready for the "family" party which was to be at 5:00 on Saturday evening. Britt being vegetarian and all, wanted me to make a "veggie" lasagna, which, surprisingly, turned out soooo good! I also wanted to make my hamburger bar-b-q (think sloppy joes, but much better for all you on the west coast ;o)) just in cast the lasagna turned out like crap, and make the cake...which also turned out, I must say, extremely delicious. All this while trying to clean the house, and somewhere in there get a shower! But thankfully, it all turned out good.

I was just sorry that most of Erics side of the family didn't show up. It was nobody's fault...just things didn't work out. Grammie couldn't come because she was sick, Nick, Melissa and Austin didn't come because they were sick, Brandon, Rachel and Jakey didn't come because Rach had other plans already. I guess it's my fault, really. I didn't tell anyone about it till Tuesday. But that won't happen again. Next year everyone will know in plenty of time. I just hope Britts feelings weren't hurt. But she had a lot of other family here, including her "me-me" (Debbie's mom) and her Uncle Ronnie and Aunt Nan with their daughter Kirsten from that side of her family...so I think that kinda made up for it. I'm really glad they came...I think it makes Brittani feel a lot more "normal".

Well, Monday was also Brittani's first day of track. It was also her last day. Apparently it was "toooo haaaard" for her, so she wants to go out for cheerleading and basketball. I must say, her track record (no pun intended!) isn't so good with sports. So hopefully she'll find something that she wants to do that is a challenge for her, but not going to flare up her asthma every 5 minutes! We'll just continue to support her in whatever she decides. But man, those $50 track shoes...

ouch!
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