What DDDG said at the first brunch of the New Year dress rehearsal was absolutely accurate, “Jak na Nový rok, tak po celý rok.” The second first brunch of the New Year was full of all kinds of goodness. As mentioned in the invitation, some of the guests (me included) arrived in their pajamas. If we had given prizes for the best pajamas, Sleepless would have won. She arrived in a lime green one-piece with footies, that was covered in ice cream cones. As we all squoze in for a group photo at the table she asked me to check the latest shot, “Did you get my feet in the picture? I don’t want people to see the picture and just think I’m wearing a really cute sweater.”
Surprisingly, That’s Not Chinese was one of the first to arrive and did not wear her pajamas – must be some kind of New Year’s resolution. She was, however, drinking mimosas the way she always has, sans orange juice. We were teasing her about her nomosa when she said, “Give me a break. I’ve been drinking, I mean, here since the nine o’clock hour.” It was as if she and Skiwi read from the same script before knocking on my door.
Within several hours, the mimosa bowl was empty, my friends bellies were full and BeCuz was on her to pick a few of us up for afternoon shopping. Once BeCuz arrived we began looking through my chicken nuggets. Dr. BJ was loving this, “Read them your autobiography!” I did, and between that and my baby book I learned a couple of things. At the young age of eight years old my two favorite movies were Omen I and II. “That explains a lot,” said BeCuz. And, best nugget of all, I was born one year later than all of my legal documents indicate, which has to be true, baby books and grade school autobiographies don’t lie.
BeCuz was on a tight schedule (unlike me, she didn’t just gain a year), so we threw my nuggets back in the box, hopped in the car and headed to IKEA. Being that CounterCat, Sleepless and I were still in our pajamas, BeCuz recommended we keep our sunglasses on for the excursion. We thought this was a splendid idea and immediately embraced the anonymity the sunglasses provided. Sleepless and I did as we always do at IKEA, pretended we lived there and took pictures to prove it – BeCuz and CounterCat were quick to share our fantasy world with us. Unfortunately, BeCuz had to get back to reality, “I have a family waiting for me to take care of them.” I had no idea BeCuz was working as a nanny.