Now We Are Thirty-Six
Aaron is the best boyfriend EVAR! We had a birthday party for me, and he actually made pulled pork from scratch! Why? Because he needed it to make my bar-b-q spaghetti. Yes, if we can’t go to the Bar-B-Q Shop in real life, Aaron was going to make sure I got some for my birthday dinner. When he first arrived home the other day with a big hunk of meat, I asked, "Why did you get me a big hunk of meat for my birthday?!" See, I’m not a big meat eater. He fessed up that he was making my favorite Memphis dish, and I was so touched. Really. SOOO sweet. He also made baked cheese grits.
The guests were Linda and Steve (close friends of mine from Atlanta), Scott and Michelle (close friends from grad school in Indiana), and Kristin (college friend who I lived with years ago when I lived in Boston the first time). Aaron talked my friends into making stuff that I liked from my life in other places. Kristin actually thought the party was the week before so last Saturday, she brought a lovely bottle of red wine, so she was off the hook this weeK! Scott and Michelle brought mozzerella, tomatoes, prosciutto, and pesto (YUM!) and Linda brought gorp, that mix of peanuts, chocolate chips, and raisins they used to feed us at rehearsals when we were both in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Fun times!
Aaron also made me an ice cream cake shaped like a ladybug. It was so very cute. And tasty, too. It was vanilla and spice cake with Ginger ice cream from J.P. Licks. Even the beers he got were my favorite kinds. (If someone’s offering Bud, I’m having water.)
Perhaps the most amusing part of the party was viewing R. Kelley’s Trapped in the Closet. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you are SO missing out. I recommend you read up on this phenomenon.
All of our party guests now want their own copies!
It was so much fun to see everyone. I have the best friends in the world. I just wish I could have transported some of my close friends from other cities, too.
Comment by Kristin
November 20, 2005 @ 11:39 pm
You do have a sweet b-friend and I’m glad that you had a nice birthday dinner! Did you happen to watch Saturday Night Live last night? They did a funny spoof on Trapped in the Closet–it was for Chapters 14-28 “Still Trapped in the Closet” where R Kelly’s girlfriend fell in love with a martian that she was going to leave earth with rather than stay with R. Very, very funny.