Monday was a holiday, so that is when Annie came home. We had a lot of things to do when she came home, not the least of which was making her invitations to her birthday party here. It takes place this Saturday, and I designed the invitations to give details about the gathering. The first time I designed them, they were perfect, but the picture of her that was included was apparently a bit much for the printer. After about an hour and a half of waiting, I decided that it was not going to happen. The computer locked up of course when I tried to abort the job, and I started over. I reduced the density of the picture, but in my haste forgot to include the date and time of the slumber party. I did not notice it of course, until after she had distributed them to five girls, and a friend politely pointed it out. However, I had included my phone number and e-mail address with a request for confirmation.

Well, my expectation that parents might call me for confirmation and date/time information wasn't happening, so I created new invitations. These went out the next day with one exception (the girl was sick that day). Still no calls. Today, Thursday, either Annie or I have talked to most of the parents and received notice that three of them are not coming. I found out this morning that one is coming, and the other one I think will be a no-show, but Annie is holding out.

She and I talked about it, and I said we will do something special. She had a brief moment of disappointment on her face, but then her eyes lit up and she agreed that it will be fine.

God, I love that little girl...

Wondering how the phones and e-mail of people suddenly died this week...