11th Anniversary of Turning 21

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11th Anniversary of Turning 21, originally uploaded by jolinjojobeans.

So after weeks and weeks of sneaking around and faking appointments, scheming and drafting and redrafting the excel sheets of fun, Jill and I finally pulled off the Surprise Birthday Bash for our boys. Surprise parties are no easy task. Especially when your SigOther is a social animal who already has plans in the works for his own celebration.

I’ve also discovered that I am pretty bad at lying to cover my behind. There was that one lunch hour where I had to run home to “meet my landlord” (marinading roast for test cooking session) and the other saturday afternoon where I was supposed to have “lunch” with Shin (prepping 6 pounds of mushroom). SigOther would have an easier time believing I was enroute to secret rendezvous with steamy lover. But then I come back to the office smelling like garlic and soy sauce and there goes my story.

The food turned out way beyond expectations and the boys were thrilled. Guests were well fed but I don’t think I will throw another surprise party for a long time. All that legwork wiped me out. One practice session, food shopping, countless back and forth emailing, phone call rsvp-ing, creating excuses and prepping and cleaning afterward -phew! Shoulders tensing up just recounting the whole process. It was all well worth it though. And after dinner everyone adjourned to McFaddens to watch Mr. Greengenes do cover songs. It’s quite a sad state of affairs when you don’t recognize half the songs they cover. Their audience was filled with mainly collegey kids and who can understand what kids today are listening to. tsch tschh…

With this crew the night soon headed into a downward spiral of chaos and anarchy. Scenes too debaucherous I cannot contaminate my blog with. So I will leave it to your imaginations and hopes that the poor driver finds his cab that Howie hijacked!