Happy Birthday to me!

Look at my beautiful cake!!

Well, I can honestly tell you that I was feeling pretty low that i was going to spend my birthday alone. I felt that it was just another day. Well, my room mate found out when it was my birthday, and between her and our neighboring teacher, Lani, they were not going to let it pass without a party. Invitations were sent out by email inviting the entire staff for a chili dinner, cake, and games time. Most everyone came and it really was very nice!  The girls made two huge pots of chili, a pan of yummy corn bread, and baked a 4 layer cake. Well, this wasn't just some ordinary cake, they wanted to make it special. To amp it up, they added food coloring to each layer and it became a technicolor masterpiece!

We even had ice cream! 

There was even ice cream!  You wouldn't think that would be a big deal, but getting ice cream shipped her without melting is quite a feat in any season besides winter!  Be warned, however, that a gallon bucket of ice cream will run you $20!!

The Chili was delicious!

In addition to chili and cornbread, guests brought other nom noms. There were salmon potstickers, feta dip, home made crackers, chips, pretzels, and other yummy treats!

 I even was given an Eskimo Yo-yo!  It is pretty neat!  It is made from seal fur, fabric, beading, cords, and a small piece of Ivory. The trick is to hold the piece of ivory and spin one of the balls in one direction. Then, you toss the other ball in the other direction and they spin. It kind of reminds me of the old plastic clackers we had growing up!

All in all, it was very sweet that everyone came to spend the evening!  After the food, a large group of us played a card game entitled, cards against humanity. Interesting game...


More later!