my sister's birthday was on tuesday. we had to celebrate on monday night because mom and i were both working tuesday. birthday's aren't really a big deal in my family. if we don't forget. we don't really bother to remember. my mom does this thing where she'll offer to cook a meal, whatever you want to eat. and a cake. (sometimes it's just the cake) but then she'll complain about how much you're making her do. and if you don't say how much you love it, if you don't tell her how good it is, she'll whine. and she'll be sluggish when it comes to the next thing that you ask her to do. (she's really good at making you feel guilty) my sister has four birds. she's had them since she was in kindergarten. they were especially for her. because my brother and i had the cats. monday morning when she woke up, one of them was dead. so of course the whole day was trash. that night, we had her dinner. and my dad was late. because he had forgotten to get her presents. so he went out to get her two barbies. except he didn't tell anyone that he was going to be late. so we had the dinner ready for 5:30, when he gets home. he didn't get home until 7:20. we were just waiting around for him. and when he got there, he was in one of these really abrasive moods. pushing everything in everyone's faces. before we cut the cake, he had a phone call. he left and talked on the phone while we were about to cut her birthday cake. he missed it.
There's this place near where i work, and it's called Artrageous Creations. it's a studio where you go, and buy one of the ceramic pieces they have available, and you paint it. their studio is yellow and covered in flowers, and all of these plates and cups and statues. there are just so many different things. it's adorable. yesterday, i wrote my sister a note, and told her that i had a surprise for her. i picked her up early from school, and drove her down. i kept telling her there was a surprise, and i wasn't going to tell her. when we finally got there, she got to look at all of the things, and i told her she could pick whatever she wanted. anything. she picked this cute winged fairy sitting on a stone. (i picked a holey sushi bowl. it's the one with the hole for the chopsticks. it's adorable) and we got to go over to the paint station, and pick as many different colors as we wanted. she got reds and browns. there were these paints, that had these specks in them, and when they fire it, they kind of explode, so you end up with this beautiful rich color with these speckles... i got a deep reddish maroon color, and a powder blue. and then a dark blue for my elephant. and we sat down. and got to paint. it was so much fun. we were just sitting at this adorable table. talking and painting these pieces. after we left, i told her we could go wherever she wanted to eat. (i wanted to take her to one of those cute sit down places. nothing fancy, but just have the two of us sit down, and order off the menu.) but she was telling me that she doesn't like to eat at sit down restaurants because then everyone can see her eating, and it makes her feel gross. so we went to mcdonalds. through the drive through. she got a happy meal. and we both got shamrock shakes. (my first time ever having one. they're amazing)
and we came home....
she seemed really excited. i really wanted to make it up to her. she's 10. how awful would it be if she looked back on this as the shitty birthday.
we pick up our pieces next wednesday. we're both freaking out :)
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