After the ball

            Well, now, the party is over and done.  Feisty Pants both left and returned in high spirits. She had her nails done- silver and purple because she didn't have anything sparklier (and you don't EVER want to exactly match your silver and green toenails.  Too matchy, duh.)  She had  her rhinestone studded jeans. She had her boots (DAFO's actually) with the skulls on them.  She had her gifts for her hosts.  And, mostest, bestest of all, NO annoying parents.  Honestly, you would have though she'd just been paroled.  Or to be more exact, furloughed.

            Feisty Pants came home giggling and laughing to report that she had tried pineapple and chicken pizza (which was awesome!!) and the lemonade (disappointing because it tasted just like Goo's lemonade- it wasn't different at all - Go ahead, YOU try to explain that lemonade is its own flavor.) She did NOT pinch anyone.  She did NOT escape from her car seat. She says she said thank you when she left.  When asked if she had smooched anybody, she looked at her father and said "maybe a little" and then laughed so hard she almost choked.

            And so now, Spinderella has the party's over blues.  We never do anything fun.  We never go anywhere ever.  We are the most boringest people to ever annoy a preteen girl and what did she do in a past life to deserve us???? This house sucks.  I can absolutely hear her mental eye roll at the prospect of being stuck spending time with us for the rest of the weekend.  At least until Walking Dead comes on because ZOMBIES.  In other words, she is now acting like a typical ten year old girl.

             And so, now it's my turn.  Thank you, incredibly sweet parents who allowed my kid to invade your house like it was a beach in France (with equipment and medico in tow).  Thank you , Jane and Wanda and Hope for being awesome nurses everyday, but especially for arranging for my kid to have this sweet victory over the tyranny of boring parents everywhere.  Thank you Universe, for letting her not be sick, for letting the weather not be too bad, for allowing her to achieve her heart's fondest wish of completely ditching us for some pizza with some cute boys from school.  This definitely goes down as a win as far she is concerned.  Thank you all for that.