As luck would have it...

I wish I could say I lived to tell you about my public speaking experience. I wish I could say that I was awesome and brave. I wish I could say that at the end, everyone gave me a standing-o for 20 minutes before the police came in to escort me safely away. I wish I could. But I can't. My speech was pushed back a week. Now I get to speak on my birthday. In public. To people.

Oh, well. It's a fantasmagorical day in the 'burbs. The grass is green and birds are a chirpin'. I have three estimates to do today, three press checks and then I'm free to languish in the splendor of a Friday afternoon. Heaven. It's so good to be alive.

And tonight! Lo! Tonight, hubby and I are getting gussied up and going to a fundraiser/casino night/drinking/debauchery event. Do you even know the last time hubby and I went out dressed in something nicer than jeans and a t-shirt? Um, try years... eons... decades... I feel so grown up, going to a fundraiser with other grown ups. Wearing grown up clothes. Playing grown up games. Yeah... that last part didn't sound right.

Tonight I will learn how to play baccarat, and maybe even craps! Ever since I watched Guys and Dolls I've wanted to play craps. Just not in a sewer for 44 hours. And definitely not with Big Julie from Chicago who is down 25Gs and wants his money back. But give me the young Brando and I'll call it good.

Luck be a lady, tonight!