#4

"This is how we do it, it's Friday night and I feel alright. The party's here on the West side..."
Oh, memories... :)

Tonight was J's company's 'adult' Christmas party. We had planned on skipping it and just attending the family party. Well, surprise surprise. J came home from work yesterday and told me it was mandatory for him to attend. If I was going to go, I needed to find a babysitter. So I asked a couple friends, but with the late notice and it being a Friday night!! People were busy. But, I was not off the hook that easy. J found out there would be childcare at the function. Ok, lets get pretty then.

Somehow, my husband's 'nice pants and shoes' are nowhere to be found... I swear, he used to have slacks. And I swear he does not come home without pants. Yet, we found ourselves at the PX 90 minutes before the party started, buying pants. And he somehow ended up with pleated pants. Really, J???

Rush home, throw on 'pretty' clothes, attempt to do make-up while P and K run around the house, make PB & J's for the girls, cut up an apple, find the elusive cups, search for keys, get in the car.

We get there, and cannot find the 'childcare that will be provided'. There was about 10 kids there, and no one to watch them. Fun for us. After sitting around and doing nothing for a while, the appetizers were put out. Not even 5 minutes later, the buffet dinner was put out. And all that food was gone before most people had a chance to get some. Seriously, I got some grapes and a couple cheese cubes. Classy. I'm starving.

As I am giving my husband 'the eye' (as in, 'the I am ready to leave and if you don't chug that beer you will be leaving it behind eye'), a friend asks, "Can the guys go out tonight?" Really????? I have two kids that will need help getting out of the car and in the house. My feet hurt. I wanted to actually spend time with my husband before I leave for two days (more on that in a sec). And the real reason I wanted to kick him... We are trying to save money, damn it!! But yes, he went out and I am here in front of the computer. Ugh. Great night!

OK, so tomorrow, I will be going to Poland. Yay!! This weekend was supposed to be my birthday present to myself. A friend and I will be driving about 4.5 hrs to this cool town, shopping, eating, and thats about it! We are going to stay the night, wake up Sunday, and possibly shop some more?! Who knows. Either way, we will be home some time on Sunday. I have jokingly said that I really don't care about Poland at all for this trip, I just care about the pottery. Which is so funny because that is not really me... But for this weekend, it is.

Tomorrow night I will not be posting about my day. I will write about my day though, and post it on Sunday.

Now I am going to find some food. Goodnight, all.