Surprise party

[judecorp]

This evening we threw a surprise "do-over" birthday party for my smurfbrother, since his actual birthday was the day my dad was found unconscious in his house and the day before he died. He has spent every day since the day after his birthday in Rhode Island dealing with all of that stuff and we thought it would be fun if we could get a bunch of his friends together to make him feel good.

It was a total success, both on the surprise front and also the party front. People seemed to have a good time and since everyone knew everyone (pretty much), no one really felt left out. We had some snacks, some pizzas, and some ice cream cake. Not exactly healthy, but hey - it had to be done. I was glad that not only was he totally surprised, but that he was also happy about the surprise. I always get nervous about that sort of thing. (Some people don't like surprises.) When I greeted him at the door, he said, "Jenn is here?" And I nervously said, "Yeah." And he said, "She's having dinner with us?" (I lured him here with the promise of a cooked meal.) And I said, "Uhh, yeah." But he didn't see anyone else's car, so that was a total score! Everyone was in the kitchen and he walked in and was just so surprised and shocked and it was so fun!

So thank you so much to everyone who came: Wiley, Jenn, and Hannah; Kristine, Dan, and Jacob; Amy and Elias; Dory; Shani and Matt; Kriss and Jon; John; and Aaron whom I haven't seen in a million years even though he lives on the other side of town. It really meant a lot to me and Jennifer (and to my brother, I'm sure) to have you here.

No one deserves a crappy birthday.

Comments

[luloubelle.livejournal.com]

That was so sweet. I got all teary reading that.

[changinglight.livejournal.com]

that is absolutely the coolest thing. You're a rocking sister.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thanks, it was a good time. And hey, any excuse to have a little cake!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Well, he's a pretty good brother, too.

[skreeky]

Faboo time.
I accidentally left the plastic beverage jug there. Don't worry about it. If you ever want to come over for a swim or anything you can bring it back, but I'll probably pick up another one at the store tonight anyway.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I can definitely bring it back. We're going to wash all that stuff and then it will be waiting for you. :)

Although the idea of swimming sounds lovely, too.

[skreeky]

Anytime you have time, you can give a call to see if we're around and make sure we haven't just dumped chemicals in. I'll email you contact info.

[baab.livejournal.com]

Right on. My 30th birthday was September 10, 2001. We were waiting for the weekend to celebrate. Needless to say, no one was much interested in the celebrating that weekend.

So, here's to fixing bad birthdays!

[hoo.livejournal.com]

Hi! Sorry we missed it, we had existing dinner plans.

Sounds like it came off well :-)

[scirocco.livejournal.com]

Hah, a friend of mine has 9/11 as a birthday. Suck-tastic

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

It was a good time, and we're sorry to have missed you. :)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's how I spent my 2001 'vacation' - visiting Jodie in the city in September. Good times, good times. Everything got cancelled.

Bad birthdays should be outlawed!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Sounds like fun! I could use a good swim every now and again. As long as you don't make fun of my fattiness!! ;)

When are generally 'bad' times to invite myself over? ;)