Jun 13 2009
We Survived the Big Slumber Party!
Last night was Angel’s big slumber party. We have a large attic that is partially finished (it has lighting and plywood floors). She wanted us to get it cleaned up and ready so she and all her friends could sleep up there.
This past week, we cleaned it out and laid down a large piece of carpet remnant. We moved up some chairs and Angel’s T.V. with a DVD player. It would be the perfect place that her and her friends could be silly and have fun without disturbing Mom.
Mom did alright with the party because she knew about it well in advance. She was worried the entire time because she had lost her keys. She said she had used them to lock up her file cabinet (she was afraid that one of the party guests might go through it). After she locked her cabinet, she did not know what she did with them. I was super busy finishing up with the party preparations, so I didn’t have the time to help her look. I tried to assure her that they would show up, and if I were to run across them I would let her know.
During the party Mom kept mostly to herself. The few times we was around the girls, she would ask what their names were. After Angel opened her gifts and they all went upstairs, Mom asked me to name each girl who had been sitting around the table. After I named them all, she asked if Emily was there. (Emily is the girl that Mom does not like because she thinks she took Mom’s picture one time without asking her). I told her that Emily wasn’t able to make it because she had to play in an out-of-town softball tourney. Mom raised her eyebrows and went, “oh…” like there was another reason she didn’t come. I left it alone and didn’t say anymore. I’ve learned it’s easier to let Mom think what she wants to.
Today after all the girls got up and left, Mom finally found her keys. They were lying under her bathrobe that was folded up in her airmoire. She was relieved that she found them, and that no one had been able to go through her file cabinet. I was relieved that Angel and her friends had a good time.
