The Party

Day 8

Wedding Party day

First of all jayden was still in her PJs at 5pm. Mom was the only one who ventured out for awhile. JJ made us all a ham and egg croissant, a great breakfast. It was more like lunch since we were eating at noon. 

I got up with Mike at 8:30 and walked him to the tube. I was sad he was leaving. Then I crawled back into bed. I have a head cold right now, so sleeping hasn't been that easy. I think a week of eating bad and, drinking too much, and no exercise has caught up to me. It ought to be a fun week back at work with 28 kids full of energy! I will have to dig deep.

Jayden took a 3 hour nap, I blogged, and JJ watched western movies and Jerry springer.  JJ did decide to wash all of his pants at 1 o'clock. If you have ever traveled to London you would know that this is a really really may I  repeat really bad idea. 

The last time he did laundry it took 6 hours. He doesn't remember because it was at night, but I do. The washer is a dryer too, but it doesn't really dry. It sounds like an airplane and shakes violently. The last time I woke up to three pots hitting the ground because it shook them off the counter! He also washed brand new jeans with white towels and a white shirt. Well let's hope he likes the color blue now because everything is a blue color. 

At around 4 he pride open the doors to the washer (it will not open if it hasn't finished the cycle) and put them in the separate  dryer. He was kicking it and telling it to give him his clothes. He actually woke jayden up doing all of this. He was really stressed because every pair of pants he brought were soaking wet. He put his jeans in the dryer as I said before, but I think it should be called a steamer not a dryer. Nothing gets dry, but everything  gets really hot.  The worst part is for some reason the dryer would only stay on for 5 minutes at a time, so he pretty much stood in the kitchen for 2 hours. After two hours I told him I was leaving by 6:30. Mom then turned his pants inside out and ironed them until they were wearable. Now when I say wearable it means they were almost dry. So, in the end JJ had to wear wet jeans to Josh's party. The good thing is everywhere we go it's a sweat box and his pants dried pretty fast.  


Wow the party....... 

We were greeted by a black midget wearing a red velvet tailed suit jacket and champagne. Can you believe it got better after that? Kinda hard to imagine. 

The welcome sign read ....... Mark and Joshua's Big Gay Wedding

Everyone had blinking hats or glasses on and the music was playing some classic old school.  Waiters were walking around With trays of appetizers and the bar was serving wine and beer. 

The dance floor was surrounded by soft leather couches and a board that read.......... leave a message for the brides. Sitting next to it was a cup of colored chalk. 

Megan, Tori, and Al had put the finishing touches on a giant picture frame that we stood behind to take funny photos in crazy garb all night. 

At some point Josh and Mark thanked the guests and embarrassed me yet again for making the invitations. How ever much I hate making 170 of anything I would have been mad at them if they had not let me. 

They had their first dance, but I can't remember the song.  It was not your classic love song, but an upbeat and fast song.  I think josh even pulled out some old rave moves. Josh later told me I told him I hated the song weeks before that. Oops sorry  I am glad my opinion only counts sometimes. 

Then........ Wait for it........ The Drag Queen show! 

Fantastic in every way. We were front and center. Jayden loved her. She wanted to touch her pretty dress and dance dance and dance. Every time she stopped singing Jayden would say and sign MORE. 

Yes, I know some people are questioning my parenting skills at this point. Taking a 1.5 year old to a party not only with a hired midget to take photos  with, but a drag queen show too. Well in the end, I hope my daughter looks beyond sexuality, color, or race when she picks her friends because you never know who you might meet! 

By the way,  in the middle of the drag show the cotton candy machine showed up and they were handing out fresh soft pink balls of cotton candy on a stick. Yummy

The Avalo clan and mom and Jayden headed home around 10ish. JJ and I stayed until who knows when. At some point JJ made me take a shot of Irish Whiskey. You know the one...... Jameson, which I hate. I took it like a champ though! 

I danced and danced and danced some more. I think I also got kissed a lot. People in London can't just give you a handshake and say nice to meet you, they have to kiss you two times, once on each cheek. Which is fine, but when the gay guys start to get drunk they don't actually kiss you on the cheek any more....... JJ even got kissed several times. 

Once again, we stumble to a taxi with Megan to  find our way home. Except we couldn't really find our way home. I had the address, but the cab driver was an idiot and couldn't find it. We had him drop us off at the tube station and we walked home. Well we walked to corner store and picked up some food! Gross .....yet again we do it. 

Current status: laying in bed, but I am feeling pretty good. A minor headache and that's about it. I still have a cold, dry mouth and a stuffy nose though.