All cramed into a few days

Alright, so about that night mare that I said I would tell you about. First let me explain what happened...I had all intentions on coming back and doing an update on Wednesday, however I got got hooked into doing some baking for my future sister-in-laws wedding shower, and making a cake. Therefore forgetting all about my blog. But I'm back and I will now catch you up on a few things of this past week. First the nightmare. Now that I look back it doesn't seem that bad, but you know how when you're "in" it, it seems so much worse? Well anyways....it started in a different country...Rome, we (Brenton and I and some other adults I don't know) were on a tour bus supervising some kids. We were driving on this really scary road that resembled the sky train tracks, high above a large body of water. The bus took one really sharp corner a little too fast and we wobbled as though were going to go over. Than the bus driver recovered and we were all on edge and then it happened. We went over the edge. Brenton was a quick thinker and opened the fire exit before we hit the water. We all jumped out and then the supervisors met up on the shore and took off to go get help. However, before we came back to help the kids we went to the hotel and had a shower and got dressed in warm dry clothes and then headed back. I thought this was so terrible when I woke up because what kind of supervisors are we, just leaving the kids in the water...oh and the conversation we had on the way back to the water was so disturbing. We were preparing for not all the kids to have survived. I just thought it was a disturbing dream. Anyways, there's your update on that.

This past week has been exhausting. I don't think I would have felt it so much, but my body decided to allow the bug that entered it to have control and I've been sick since Thursday. Luckily I had taken Friday off so I didn't infect the kids that I work with. So Thursday night I was up until 3:30 in the morning. I had some last minute baking to do that I knew I wouldn't be able to do on Friday as well as some house cleaning

to do, my mom was coming the next day and I needed to get her room ready. Another thing I knew I wouldn't be able to do on Friday.

Friday came way too early and when I went to say good bye to Brenton for the day there was no voice that came out. I was like, oh no, where did my voice go? I sounded terrible..I could talk in a very low voice, and quietly, but no normal voice...it came out as more of a squeak and it broke a lot so you couldn't understand anything I was saying. Oh well...the day must go on. I went and picked up my mom from the airport and we headed straight to some shopping centres for the following day. That was fun. After shopping we stopped in and saw B at his work. We went out for a delicious lunch and it was amazing! Then

we headed home where my car decided to break down on the side of the highway for a short time (it needs more clutch fluid). Once my car decided that it could shift again I took it home and came in and did some prep for making the cake for the next day. Oh yeah, Saturday was Becky's wedding shower and I was in charge of making the cake. I invited my brother to come over to take a look at my car and when he arrived I told him I had a surprise for Becky and he should come and see. When he arrived I took him into the guest room where I showed him the flower girl outfit in which he was so excited and giving lots of compliments and half way through his talking my mom walked in behind him and he was so surprised to see her (her coming out was a surprise for the shower and we opted to surprise Cam with it too). It was so sweet to see his reaction. My car never did get looked at..haha. That night ended really late...I think 1:30ish. Than the next morning started really early..7. I got ready everything in the car, everything was looking good. I even had my hair done and it was sweet. Than my car wouldn't work again. So B called his parents and we went over there, picked up their van, came back and loaded all the stuff out of his car into the van, everything in my car into his car. I took his car and he took the van. So this put us about an hour behind....but we arrived at the one bridesmaids house and helped with prep. Than we headed over to Becky's parents house to start decorating. We were a little ahead so we decided that maybe we would head over to Cam's to see him...as I turned the corner I was shocked to see Becky standing in the driveway. (I had been told she and her mom were going out). So I quickly sped up so she couldn't make out who was in the passenger seat. haha. It was really funny. Luckily she didn't see who was in the car with me, just thought I was being weird not stopping to say hi. haha.

Once we got to Becky's parents house we started decorating and making the backyard appear as a tea party. It was so cute and I loved the theme! The MOH (maid of honour) did an amazing job organizing everything and we all seemed to know just what needed to be done and just did it. We finished decorating an hour before it was to begin which gave us a little mellow out time. The party went off without a hitch and Becky was a beautiful bride to be. We played 3 games, match the Hollywood couple, name that spice, and write down everything the bride was wearing. It went over really well. The food was amazing and people appreciated the cake. I had to do some last minute construction on it because one part broke, but luckily they had a freezer and that helped fix it for the amount of time it needed to be fixed for. Once it melted though, that was the end of it. haha. I can hardly wait until she's my sister for reals.

Here are some of the pictures of the baking from that day...including a picture of the cake. Remember it was a tea party themed party...than the cake makes sense :)

After the shower we all went out for dinner as the family and wedding party that was in town. It was fun. Very yummy! Then we headed home where I made another cake for the following day for a practice cake. Luckily I have the most amazing husband ever and he allowed me to go to bed and finish up taking the cake out of the oven, letting them cool and then putting them in the freezer for me. So kind of him and I crashed so hard. The next morning came way too early. 4:30 wake up call to be out the door by 5 to take mom back to the airport. Once we sent her off, we came home and went straight back to bed. We slept until 11:30. Got up and went to do some quick grocery shopping. Than I met up with Becky back at our place where we did the practice cake. As soon as that was complete I quickly did a clean up (B had already started) and got some prep done because we were hosting our Father's Day dinner at our place. That was really yummy too! We had sweet potatoes, potato salad, spinach salad(our sister in law made it), fresh veggies, (B's mom and dad brought), cooked veggies, and 3 types of bbq'd meat. It was a delicious meal. Than for dessert we had some squares, cookies and cake. It was an overall great evening, ending off with an episode of Home Improvement.

Today, Monday, has been a day of recouping. I had to drop B off at the airport for a business trip (he'll be back on Saturday) and I already miss him like crazy. This will be the longest we've been away from each other since we got married. Than I came home and I've been sleeping all day long. My head is still feeling heavy and I'm very zoned out. Hopefully I'll get a great sleep tonight and be able to focus at work with no trouble. Until next time.

Michelle.