Kristi's Birthday
It was yesterday. I baked a cake. I can't show it to you with candles; that would just be mean.Emma was kind of beastly yesterday. Really beastly. So beastly that she screwed up an opportunity to go to Dairy Queen -- twice. So beastly that, when confined to her room, she actually conked out and napped for an hour. Yeah, it was fatigue beastliness; she woke me up at 6:30 am, which is an ungodly hour for her. After the nap she was much less beastly (translation: moderately beastly).
To celebrate, Kristi set up the fountain that her mom had bought her last year. She'd originally planned it for the back yard, but realized that marauding kids would destroy it quickly. So it's on our front porch, where it's actually a pretty nice fit. Here, Smudge considers the new arrangement.
We took Kristi out to Tucci Benucch. Yeah, it's at the MegaMall; so what? The food is solid (with a number of delicious vegetarian options), the service is excellent, the prices aren't out of line.
Kristi didn't get her big birthday present until today. Yesterday we sold her old bike, a Schwinn Searcher, at the Hub's used bike sale, and received $150 in store credit. (We should have asked for more. Sigh.) Today I went back and picked her up a lovely Giant Cypress ST. They had one remaining of last year's model, so $20 less than expected -- with kickstand and bottle cage, the net cost after store credit was under $80. With a little luck, it won't thrash her knee the way the Schwinn did. And the green front end will match her helmet (which she'd picked out to match the Schwinn), so that's all good too.
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