I have to go to a birthday party for my sister-in-law today and when I woke up this morning I realized that my hormones are completely out of whack. I suspected this earlier in the week, when I cried at the outcome of American Idol. And again at a commercial on ESPN.
But this morning I sat up in bed and my very first thought was "Oh good, today I get to have some cake."
Then I realized that I've been anticipating this birthday party all week simply because of the cake. Not to say I don't love my sister-in-law. Actually, I quite like her. She's a very cool sister-in-law to have. But see, Jeff's family has a tradition of letting the birthday person choose the cake. Which, in his family, always ends up being an ice cream cake or a cookie cake. And so all week I found myself wondering "what sort of cake will it be?"
I went to buy her present and thought about the cake.
I baked brownies the other night and thought about the cake.
I vacuumed the living room and thought about the cake.
And this morning, I woke up thinking about the cake.
I am realizing now that my entire week has been spent in anticipation of the cake.
I need to get out more.
