Saturday, September 19, 2009

All-Girl-Super-Fun-Dance-Party.

Saturday I got a funny gurgle in my chest, but other than that I felt fine.

Sunday I got a wild hair and decided it would be fun to throw a dance party for the girls, so I took aim at Thursday and we got to planning. We hand made some invitations, got some prizes at the dollar store, some treats, a couple packages of balloons and broke out the Christmas lights. Planning and preparing for the party was really fun, but I always forget how much work goes into the simplest of gigs. So Thursday found LaLa, Pearl, the next door neighbor girl and I blowing up balloons downstairs after morning Kindergarten. We put the final touches on the party but I was starting to feel just a little funky.

I had had a hard time blowing up balloons, and actually had to put the smaller ones aside because I couldn't even get them started. During the party I started to sweat profusely, but I chalked that up to dancing around in the basement with a bunch of sweaty little girls. They tended to dance a little crazy and smack each other around like a good old fashioned mosh pit if not given a little direction.

"NOW let's dance the pogo!" demonstrate.
"NOW let's do the twist!" demonstrate.
"NOW a Congo line!" You get the picture.

Then they took turns picking the style of dance as I jiggled Henry on my hip, and then everyone got a turn doing a solo dance for the admiring crowd. A half an hour after the last girlee left I was barely able to stand. I washed the dishes, and tried to think up a dinner but when Dadguy got home he took one look at the mess that was me, and sent me to bed.

Two x-rays and a couple of shots in the caboose later, turns out I have pneumonia. Dang guys, I HATE pneumonia.


At least it isn't H1N1. I woulda felt all kinds of lousy about throwing an inadvertent Swine Flu party.


Whee!

5 comments:

elizasmom said...

Inadvertant swine flu party. Hee.

I'm sorry you have pneumonia, whatta drag. But the party sounds fantastic, and an idea I'll be stealing for my kiddo soon-ish, I'm sure. Love the pic of everyone in full swing!

Mama D said...

I thought I had H1N1 this week. Thankfully it seems it's only a cold. :)

I'm glad you don't had it either but pneumonia sucks!!! Hope you are tip top really soon!! xoxo

That dance party sounds awesome. If I lived close by enough I would have totally been there!!!

Anonymous said...

Yikes! Feel better!

Anonymous said...

and, uhm, that weird number up there is me (anne nahm)

The Absent Minded Housewife said...

I had a bout with pneumonia in high school. Pleurisy too. They gave me drugs that made me feel mostly perky and fascinated with my fingers.