Gosh, September has started off crazy! Fortune Cookie has been a busy bee of late.
This past Saturday was the surprise wedding shower for team member Cookie D.
The Original Plan: D's fiance E was going to get her out of the house that afternoon so we could get things ready.
It did not go as planned.
So this is how it went down:
Thursday before:
Frantic emergency email from Little Cookie (now residing down below the Mason-Dixon Line in NC); Aunt Jean decided to invite them to spend the night in NJ. They accepted. They wouldn't be back until Saturday afternoon. We needed a Plan B to get D out of the house. It was up to me and Murphy. We both contacted D about getting together on Saturday. Her original response? I think Sunday may be the nicer of the days so maybe we could aim for that?
Yeah, not gonna work.
Friday before:
But we pulled through and got her to agree to Saturday (go Murphy!)
Saturday (Day of the shower)
12:00PM No word from D. Is she back from NJ? Because she needs to get out of that house before 3:00PM.
12:03PM Anxious call to Little Cookie. She hasn't heard anything either.
12:05PM Murphy calls. D is supposed to arrive approximately 2:00PM. We decide we will just meet up and that will force D to leave her house and come meet us.
2:00PM Waiting on the Queens Plaza subway platform after realizing the train is running express. 3 voicemail messages on my cell. As I'm checking them Cookie D calls. I answer. The train goes by. LOUDLY. She's on the platform too. SHIT.
2:01PM Riding the subway with D & E. Call Murphy. A plan B subpart 1 is formed. I will go back to the apartment with D & E so they can drop stuff off and then we'll meet her at a cafe. Perfect.
2:45PM Euro Delight cafe. Eating crepes. Having lovely time. All is going well. Little Cookie calls for confirmation that the coast is clear. It's a go.
3:30PM Done with the crepes. Crap. We still have to keep her occupied for another two hours.
4:15PM Murphy and E order another round of coffee. More time wasted. Conversation is continued.
4:45PM Panicked call from Little Cookie. They cannot get into D & E's apartment. The lock is funky. They are camping out in the hallway right now. SEND. HELP. FAST.4:46PM I send a rather obvious signal to E. He gets up to pay the bill, I go up to us the lav. On my way I tell him the situation and that he needs to get over there pronto.
4:50PM I suggest we go get Italian Ice. And the 99 cent store. E says he needs to go home to use the toilet.
4:51PM I love 99 cent stores and can spend hours in them. We managed to drag it out for about 15 minutes.
5:05PM Italian ice is my friend.
5:12PM Stop at new restaurant to peruse menu.
5:14PM Murphy pulls off the best acting job of her life: fakes leg cramp. Stops at a tree to stretch it out.
5:21PM We return to Cookie D's apartment building. We enter the elevator and there is tape all over that says "CAUTION: WILD GIRLS!" and a poster of a cartoon dude in a cheetah speedo. D says "what is up with the tenants in this building!?".
Murphy and I play dumb.
5:22PM SURPRISE!!!! She didn't suspect a thing.
Hee.
p.s. the neighbors totally hated us even though we were well behaved during the party (note: this was posted after they had taken down the decorations in the elevator.)
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