I knew it was coming. Eventually, anyways. After all the times we (not just my family, but those of our other siblings, too) dropped in John and Melinda's for impromptu parties, I knew it was coming. And I knew paybacks would be you know what.
Really, it wasn't that bad, but I was so totally unprepared I cannot even express it in words. I had been working for two days to wash and put away my dishes. I had this lovely pyramid of empty boxes, bubble wrap, and packing peanuts blocking my guest bath and pantry, and making it pretty darn hard to get in through the garage. Odds and ends of trim pieces, nails, screwdrivers, appliance manuals, etc. were cohabitating on pretty much the whole of my counters. I couldn't locate kid-friendly plates to save my life (okay, so not technically a travesty, but pretty bad considering my backlog of Tupperware from my months as a consultant). My fridge.... Bare, except for the remains of our pizza/breadsticks/salad meal Friday night with the Maclachlan's.
Did I know we were grilling out? Yep. Was I aware it was at my house? Not a clue. The odds were not in our favor, seeing how our grill is sitting quietly among the leaves and lonesome doggie toys 20 minutes from here. John is ever-resourceful and brought the grill to us. He's always looking for a use for the four-wheeler. Hahaha.
All in all, it was fine... and fun... It just really was a flurry of activity, considering we've only been here since Friday. But I was happy to do it, and I'm sure it will happen again soon. We learned some very valuable lessons, though. For instance: Don't let Brian cook (just kidding!). Even more important, don't let Billy buy the meat (I'm serious on this one!). And if you ever need to sand off the bottom of your feet, just run sock-less around my basement for a while. I found it pretty funny that all the kids wore holes in their socks.... and even funnier to see Lucas with a couple layers of cement dust on his face. =)
I vow to be better-prepared next time.
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I'm confused. I got e-mail confirmation today from allofmp3 saying my files had been encoded or whatever. I thought that had already been done? Can someone shed some light on this for me? Maybe I am just slow in understanding this process.
....and then there were 5.
11 years ago
4 comments:
Did you download the files that you had encoded on allofmp3? If you have, then it is just a slow email. I need to come and see you and help you load and configure the allofmpe explorer and give you a better way to get your allofmp3 files.
By the way, your party was great!! It is a good thing that Jayson brought the good burger though!! Hopefully Meagan helped you clean up.
Oh, and, yes, thank goodness for Jayson. I ate the last burger this morning for brunch. Mmmm.
Thanks. The party was fun, just a whirlwind! And, yes, Meagan was a big help. It would only have gone a little bit more smoothly had I known where my own dishes go.
I've got the allofmp3 explorer, just can't figure out if I've got the files downloaded. I swear I found them on my hard drive the day I ordered them, but now I can't find where they went.
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