What's that? Two cakes! The one on the left is from my mom, the one on the right is from my roommates-- they're subtle variations on my personal cake of choice (each made in ignorance of other possible cake-related plans) , yellow cake with chocolate frosting from a can. My mom's is more fine and dense, and she used the whole can of frosting and drew pictures of cats on it, while my roommates' is very rich, crumbly, and buttery, and there are sprinkles. Um so we've got some cake to eat before we go to Milwaukee/Chicago on Thursday. . .
I haven't been this happy in quite some time. Granted, I felt pretty rough today after the two Bells Oberons I had before dinner, the champagne the bartender I work with bought us when we got to the restaurant, the wonderful Belgian white wine we had with dinner, the many beers at Brocach when my friends met up with us after dinner, the martini I drank for some inexplicable reason, then that horrible mixed drink and the shot of Patron I had with the bartender at the Plaza before swan-diving into my bed. I also had to work a full shift, which was absurdly difficult for obvious reasons.
But you know what? There's no way around this corniness of what I'm saying here, but I'm just so over the goddamn moon about what wonderful family and friends I have. I think everyone had a great time last night, and I was so happy to have the night off to hang out with them, and the small collection of gifts they gave me today made me so happy not so much for the accumulation of various material objects, but the simple fact that everybody knows me so well and cares about me enough to search out such thoughtful little items, and as I sip the last of the Prosecco I brought from work to accompany Cake Time, I can't help but get a little misty thinking about them. Aw. But no, really.
Speaking of gifts. Many were food-related. My parents (among other things) gave me two (two!) boxes of Frango Mints, Sarah (among other things) gave me a bottle of hot chile pineapple grilling sauce and a jar of mixed nuts that's all good nuts like cashews and almonds and pecans and no peanuts, and Lisa (among other things) gave me cookie cutters in the shape of a bunny, a kitty, and a squirrel, a jar of artichoke piquillo bruschetta, and a year subscription to Bon Appétit magazine!
I am a lucky duckling. Unfortunately, though, I finished the Prosecco, so now it's time for me to fall into bed and not get out of it for a long, long time. Goodnight.
P.S. I have consumed about seven thousand calories today. Jeesus.
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