So we get everything all planned out, I make this pretty little e-card with all this marti-gras themed stuff since her birthday is on Ash Wednesday this year, and she wanted to actually GO to New Orleans, we figured it'd be a worthwhile endeavor. I go on her computer, sneak through her contacts and find the emails of the people on our guest list, and send the e-card on it's merry little interweb way.
So I'm getting all these RSVPs and all these emails, and thinking everything is fine and dandy and getting underway.
But Mom is a stage manager too - came to it later in life, but still an SM. And being this way, she has a giant calendar at home with everything that she's doing, that I'm doing, and that my brother and sister and any extended family have going on during any given month. That being said, my sister looked at the calendar and decided that a day when Mom is Stage Managing a show would be a GREAT day for a surprise party... While she's supposed to be calling a show.
Needless to say, I spent all last week trying to subtly figure out what day we could change it to without causing too much commotion. Boy that was fun. Not. It was worse than trying to schedule 17 actors for a scene, no joke. At least actors conflicts are all written down and easy to find, you don't have to carefully word each question so as not to give away the fact that you're planning a frickin surprise party for the woman you're talking to.
I finally figured out how I could change it and to when, then let my Sister deal with telling Mom's best friend and co-planner about the whole shenanigan.
So now all I have to do is gather decorations, finish mom's present, make two different cakes and pretend that nothing is happening.
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