Apparently it was a Great Party

I wouldn't know because I spent the entire surprise party that I was throwing for my cousin in my bed sick with a stomach virus. The three year old culprit who had given it to me was right next to me.

Drew had come down with the stomach virus on Thursday night, I stayed home with him on Friday and Saturday I woke up with it. Now it's Saturday morning at 9am and people are travelling from as far as three hours away to make this party for my cousin Mindy. I can pull the plug now if I want. Being the thespians that we are, my husband and I discussed it and the show must go on. Something always happens on my cousins birthday, last year her Grandmother died on her birthday. This year we felt like we couldn't cancel it. So Mr. Von Snarky pulled off the whole party while Drew and I lay wallowing in bed.

For Mindy's party we decided to do a reverse surprise party. She arrived first for what she thought was a regular dinner with us, then the doorbell rang and we made her get it. She was utterly confused. She was ready to turn around and walk out when she saw how sick I was and that I needed to rest. We convinced her to stay. So the doorbell kept ringing and every time she opened the door, she got a surprise. From what I was told, it was a great party, my cousin was on cloud nine, all the while I was hugging my toilet and whimpering on the bathroom floor. But it wasn't about me, so I was more than happy for them to have a party without me. They don't need me to have a good time. I was perfectly content to hide in my bedroom with my son and watch HGTV. I love HGTV.

Poor Mr. Von Snarky was exhausted and still had us sick people to deal with. Gotta love a man who can step up.