Happy Birthday, Yamaarashi-chan!

[elfs]

Yamaarashi-chan officially turned eight yesterday. Sicne I only had a few hours with her, we took her out to her restaurant of choice, Red Robin, where she ate corn puppies and fries and a big ol' birthday sundae, had the waitresses come over and give her a big birthday song that didn't require ASCAP payments (don't they realize how much good will they lose with that stupid policy?).

Omaha and I presented her with one of her gifts, a beautiful hair-tie that she's coveted every time we pass by the store where they're sold, although both Omaha and I struggled to figure out how to put it into her hair.

I also gave Yamaarashi-chan a collection of invitation cards, one for each of her friends at school. Since she doesn't live with us I only know the names of her school friends, and when I asked her mother for phone numbers or email addresses she said she didn't know any of them. The school wouldn't give out private information like that to just some guy over the phone, so this was my best shot at making that list. If just one calls, I can maybe start to collect contact info for the rest of them. But it all depends on Yamaarashi-chan remembering to take the invites to school.

She was very cuddly and joyfull, and I feel happy to have such wonderful kids.

It was raining total buckets when we finally dropped her off at her mother's house. By the time I got home, I could feel a headcold coming on hard over the indigestion I had because of my meal. I slept okay, but this morning I still am congested and low-powered. Bleah.

Comments

[mathochist.livejournal.com]

No, as I told him before, I don't *have* the directory, I lost it early in the school year. I've just called the school when I needed the numbers. The only one I had on hand when he asked was Kayleigh's, and he said he had that one. And I don't see why I should call the school and get the numbers to pass on to him, when he could just as easily call them himself.

I don't know why they wouldn't give him the numbers, they've never had a problem giving them to me.