Vivian’s Special Day: Celebrations and Surprises

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Listening to: Nick Cave & the Bad Seed’s Red Right Hand

Eight years ago today, I gave birth to a little bundle of energy. A sun beam if you will. She’s my Memorial Day weekend baby and I remember it like it was yesterday… I’ve been down that road once or twice before so I’ll spare everyone the details. It’s been a hell of a ride with Viv and I can’t wait to see what the next ten years bring.

I wasn’t allowed too much me time today. Vivian was wide awake at 4:30am. Too excited for her birthday. Apparently Mum gave Vivian her cell phone so she could go back to sleep because Vivian had woken her up by asking for it. I had a giant Texas sized donut for her for breakfast and she was very happy with that. After I dropped her off at school, I went home and got dressed for the day because I looked at my to-do list, growing by the day, and decided to tackle some things. I left for my eyebrow waxing appointment, that was first and it had been a few months since the last one. On the way there, Mum asked me what errands I was running without any money… it was like, “why? Why are you trying to fight with me today?” I told her what I was up to (sans the waxing) which seemed to silence her. I went to the local college and updated information so that I could login and handle shit from home. I stopped by the financial aid office to see if they needed something from me now that my application was processed, which they did. I stopped by the self-sufficiency office and gave them my paystub so they know I have a job and I don’t look like I’m trying to be sneaky about anything. I came home but left right away to get her prerolls. She was buying, I was flying. THEN after she left, I was hungry so I left again to get Taco Bell. My stomach was a little upset after the Taco Bell (obvs) and while I’m in the toilet, Mum calls and there’s a loud knock at the door. It’s the maintenance guy coming to fix our kitchen light that’s been out for over a month. I couldn’t even poop in peace, dang it. Then I had to leave to drop off the ice cream sandwiches for Vivian’s class. Then went back forty minutes later to pick her up. We made a quick pit stop at home because I bought too many sandwiches so now we have Neapolitan ice cream sandwiches at home, huzzah! The gathering went well. We met Mark and Vivian’s surprise guest at her favorite pizza place across town. Operation Secret Sister was a success, Vivian had no idea that Jackie was in town and was so thrilled to see her. We played some mini-golf, Viv actually won. Then the girls played some games and won some tickets for prizes later. Viv got a headache so the fun stopped for a bit while I went to Mark’s house to retrieve some Tylenol. We ate some pizza but took the majority of it to Mark’s. There was a Godzilla-themed ice cream cake waiting for us. Vivian was so thrilled. She had a great day. We stopped by Mum’s work on the way home and SHE had gifts for Viv, a squirt gun, a bubble gun, some sandals (river shoes), and Viv got some French fries too. It was a busy day.

Today was Day 13.