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Amazed and delighted
Dec. 20th, 2015 11:47 amSomething really strange happened yesterday. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aunty_marion arrived for her expected and very welcome visit, bringing with her Deborah C (or rather, brought by, as we discovered). Jan was crashing after a week of all-night study sessions, but they said it was important that she be up and dressed, so we did that, and then we were bundled into a car and driven to what appeared to be the town council offices. I had no idea what we were in for.
This bunch of totally mad, wonderful people had booked a local function room to throw me a surprise 60th birthday party.
I will admit that for the first ten or twenty minutes I was horribly embarrassed--I was in no state to be at a party at all, having spent the whole morning trying to finish cleaning the house, a futile endeavour (house cleaning is an art, and you know what they say about works of art) but there we are--and had no idea what to say or do. Once I relaxed into it, though, it was very, very nice, and to see so many of our friends who had come all this way to see us was incredible, with more tuning in via Skype. I couldn't hear or understand everything they said, but it was lovely to see them.
So, a huge thank you from both of us to everyone who came, everyone who organised it, everyone who was there virtually or who sent messages of congratulation and hugs, and as I have said many times before, friends like you are far, far more of a blessing than someone like me could possibly deserve. As I embark on my seventh decade of life on this planet, I feel loved, and I only hope you do too, because you are. And I hope my singing wasn't too abysmal.
Thank you.
*hugs*
aunty_marion arrived for her expected and very welcome visit, bringing with her Deborah C (or rather, brought by, as we discovered). Jan was crashing after a week of all-night study sessions, but they said it was important that she be up and dressed, so we did that, and then we were bundled into a car and driven to what appeared to be the town council offices. I had no idea what we were in for.This bunch of totally mad, wonderful people had booked a local function room to throw me a surprise 60th birthday party.
I will admit that for the first ten or twenty minutes I was horribly embarrassed--I was in no state to be at a party at all, having spent the whole morning trying to finish cleaning the house, a futile endeavour (house cleaning is an art, and you know what they say about works of art) but there we are--and had no idea what to say or do. Once I relaxed into it, though, it was very, very nice, and to see so many of our friends who had come all this way to see us was incredible, with more tuning in via Skype. I couldn't hear or understand everything they said, but it was lovely to see them.
So, a huge thank you from both of us to everyone who came, everyone who organised it, everyone who was there virtually or who sent messages of congratulation and hugs, and as I have said many times before, friends like you are far, far more of a blessing than someone like me could possibly deserve. As I embark on my seventh decade of life on this planet, I feel loved, and I only hope you do too, because you are. And I hope my singing wasn't too abysmal.
Thank you.
*hugs*