A Day for Shower Surprises

Today was the much anticipated day where Stacey, Amy and I hosted a baby shower for Becky.  The event was held at a lovely little tea house where we truly were treated like Royalty. The staff was highly attentive, the food was scrumptious, and, more importantly, the atmosphere was festive, with all of the invitees obviously enjoying themselves.

But don't think that the day was free from unexpected surprises.  My friend, Morena, made the trip with me, and we are staying with Stacey at her apartment.  When it came time to shower before getting dressed for the event, we suddenly found ourselves without hot water.  While we waited for the serviceman to check out the situation, Stacey turned the heat up in her apartment, which is somehow tied into the water heater, and she and Morena managed to successfully get hot showers. I was feeling jubilant that the hot water had held out for my turn in the shower, and had just yelled in response to Stacey's asking, that the water was nice and hot, when my aahhs turned to AAGGHH! Luckily, the sudden cold onslaught was minimal, with the regulation of the furnace, and I managed to finish up without further shock to my body.

We hit the road with plenty of time to spare, but soon found ourselves inching along  to the turnpike.  What normally takes 2 minutes to drive ended up being a half an hour creeping and crawling torture until we finally drove up the ramp through the toll booth.  Lucky for us, it was smooth sailing to the tea house, where, quite uncharacteristically, most of our invited guests had arrived early!

Everyone was eager to see Becky, and to share in the excitement of her special day. It certainly was a fun afternoon for everyone present.  And Becky's new baby will be the recipient of some terrific gifts, and lots of loving intentions. A win-win situation for everyone.

You just can't ask for more than that, can you?