Busy weekend

Interesting weekend to say the least. I met up with some old school buddies Friday afternoon at On the Border. What initially started out as a bust (the person whom I’d wanted to meet up with had to cancel) quickly became the craziest evening I’ve had in…. ever? What started as three women calmly sipping margaritas and swapping classroom stories soon got a shot of adrenaline when the waiter gave me a shot of Patrón tequila, saying that someone had ordered it but left it behind. After sharing it with Heather, we quickly decided that no one would abandon Patrón but that if they waiter wanted to give us free drinks, we certainly wouldn’t complain. Moments later, the waiter returns to suggest that we each order another round as someone inside (we were on the patio) was paying for all of our alcohol. I must say at this point that I didn’t ask for anything as I really don’t like feeling beholden to anyone… course, that didn’t stop another margarita from being handed to me, lol. As Heather and Charlotte grilled our waiter to learn the identity of our benefactor, out walked the mother of one of our students whom H. and Ch. know quite well. Let us call her “Mrs. B,” and she was nothing if not a riot. She flirted with the waiter for the rest of us since we would not do it for ourselves and certainly made sure that none of us went thirsty. We eventually moved locations to her restaurant where Aaron and Josh, H.’s boyfriend, joined us partly because we wanted their company and partly because we needed sober chauffeurs. After dealing with Ch.'s rotten boyfriends and sharing cell phone pics, we eventually settled in to a wonderful meal. Although I’ll save the specific details and stories in my memory, suffice to say that the evening was a blast, as you might imagine.

Completely contrary to our normal weekend habits (read: next to nothing), Saturday was also an eventful day with the KKFAM’s Miracle Baby celebration. I was expecting a small-ish gathering with punch and gift bags… what greeted me as I walked into the picnic area behind the clinic was more like a carnival, complete with two jumping houses, a balloon artist, face painter, duck pond with prizes, and huge tent with food and prizes. I joined Aaron’s station at the duck pond helping give away miniature beach balls and goofy animal hats to every baby that splashed in the water. What an amazing site to see so many multiples in one place! Twins were a dime a dozen and even quadruplets were seen in two double strollers. And such an awful lot of Gerber babies that I wanted to pick them up at random and hug them all.