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I had no idea what to wear to the party. The invite suggested to "come as your fantasy self," but I drew a blank. When I told Dorian I had no idea what sort of costume to wear, he said, "Just paint a blue dot on your head and come to the party." So I did. Well, Gina did. She put her makeup on me, some blue eyeshadow on my "third eye" and black eyeliner around my "regular" eyes. Then I just wore comfortable clothes. I decided my fantasy self was Relaxed.  Gina curled
her hair, wore a really cute short dress and elf ears, and painted her
face in blue and gold designs. Pretty! She dressed Chris Welsh as a
waiter from Hooters. He was a big hit, of course.We had a great time. Chris and Izolda bartendered, and Gina served mixed drinks from trays. I didn't work much but I handled the water supply when it ran out. Lots of people brought instruments; there was a lot of music and dancing. And friends, too! Here's a picture of me with Robin, whom I first met over 18 years ago. My dad showed up too! He seemed to have a good time. I had a lot of good conversations, laughter, and dancing.  We
left the party after 5:00 in the morning. Chris and Alex (Alison's
brother) stayed at our house. The next day we took Booda on a hike
through the woods, where Alex inadvertently found over five pounds of
hen of the woods mushroom. When we got back home we cooked some of it
in olive oil with garlic and basil. Delicious! I made a gravy out of
the juices and served the hen on toast.Later we went over to DNA's place to help clean up from the party. Dorian reminded me that there was a dinner for members of the advisory committees, presented by the mayor's counsel. Since I am on the Forest Preserve Task Force, Gina and I were invited, and we were an hour late for a free dinner. Luckily the Mayor's staff was late, too. When we got there, salad was waiting, and dinner hadn't been served yet. We sat at a table with other FPTF members, ate dinner and watched as five- and ten-year awards were handed out to various members. We also ran into Jennifer and Atticus, our neighbors who bought our last house. They've since moved out of Greenbelt, and gave us directions to their place. They also told us about a new vegetarian restaurant near them called Great Sage. Sounds good. On Monday I didn't have to go to work because our government for some reason celebrates the greedy deeds of the Dread Pirate Columbus, who "discovered" this land that was already populated by millions of people, and threatened and killed them for their gold. But I digress. Monday was also my birthday, so that's the holiday I celebrated. I'm autistic about birthdays, including my own (I've missed it completely at least twice in my life), but this year I learned a useful lesson: On your birthday, if you use the word "birthday" as an adjective, you can get away with a lot of stuff. I had a lot of friendly birthday reminders before and during Monday so I used the birthday word a lot. I made myself a triple-decker birthday pancake stack with maple syrup for my birthday breakfast. Chris made birthday coffee. Then Gina had to go to work, so Chris, Booda and I went on a long birthday hike (over three hours!) through my birthday woods, where I collected lots of birthday mushrooms. Then I went on a birthday run. Later I met Chris, Gina, and Kory at the movies (we saw Napoleon Dynamite again), and had a birthday dinner after the movie. All in all I had a very pleasant birthday holiday. |
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