Entry 70: Read January 21

June 17

I can hear the drums beating bum-bum-bum and they walk the prisoner through all the yelling crowd bum-bum-bum before they throw her to the lions.

Okay it wasn't quite as bad as all that but there was a aprt of me that wanted to be thrown to the lions a little bit. That part happened somewhere in the middle when they were opening lingerie I think.

I mostly kept to myself and ran in and out of the kitchen helping my Aunt Nancy. My Dad's sister is one of those women who is applying for sainthood. When we were kids she'd send Alex and I packages for every holiday and cards for every birthday. We'd get excited if Aunt Nancy was hosting for the holidays because on Thanksgiving she'd let us decorate the table with tiny pumpkins and dried corn cobs and little ceramic turkeys. On Christmas Santa would always stop by Aunt Nancy's and fill up stockings for us too. I've always admired my Aunt Nancy for her grace and ability to make everyone feel special.

So I get it why she'd be the person to throw a shower for Sally but at the same time why would anyone punish themselves like that? I know Babytalker has her own friends who could have thrown her a shower because they showed up in droves!!! We should have put a sign on the door that said "Free Buffet" the way these women wolfed down food.

Okay si it probably wasn't as bad as I'm making it out to be. Sally's lovely and she and my Dad make each other very happy. I think. Her friends were the kind of women who show up for free food and an open bar though. And how many packages of bath salts can one woman really use? Irregardless Sally had a good time and that was the whole point so I guess the party was a success. Sally, I mean Mama Sally, grabbed me when she was leaving and hugged me for like 20 minutes!!! She was going on and on about how she's so glad to have a daughter like me and she's always wanted kids and we're going to be a family now and all her dreams are coming true. It would have been sweet if it wasn't so creepy. Especially when I realized that 38 isn't too old to have a baby. If she really wants one she could have one and how weird would that be???

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