Today I attended a birthday party for a one-year-old named Allison. She's the daughter of my cousin Janet and her husband Anthony. She's absolutely adorable, and the party was a lot of fun. It's hard to believe that my little cousin has a baby.

The food at the party was awesome. I haven't eaten like that in a long time. I'm probably going to regret it tomorrow, but for today, it was GREAT!

I got to meet some new people, including Anthony's sister Elaine and her friends. It's nice to meet new nice people. :)

The coolest part of today was getting to hang out with my cousin Liza. She looks so awesome, just for a regular person, never mind the fact that she just had chemo AND radiation. I'm so proud of her, and I know she's just going to keep on getting better every day.

Seriously, it's life at its finest--celebrating a young life, eating good food, making new friends, spending time with family, and celebrating life itself.

I must have been more tired than I thought, because I managed to sleep in Saturday morning. I wasn't planning to, but I underestimated how tired I was and the power of blackout curtains. I had hoped to spend the morning with the Chans, but that didn't work out. I was pretty disappointed about that, but I guess I needed the rest. I spent the morning getting ready for the big wedding and figuring out how to get there.

I left my hotel room at around 12:30 and headed to the subway station. It was not a long walk, and the streets were busy with tourists. I was happy to discover that I didn't even have to transfer, as I had expected, and I even helped a man buy his metro card. I took the A Train straight to Brooklyn. The train was crowded through Manhattan, but it got much less crowded as we got closer to Brooklyn. I arrived with no trouble and walked the several blocks to the event venue.

I got to the community garden early, but it allowed me to help out Tanya a bit, so she could go get ready for the wedding. She and her crew (Uncle and I'm not sure who else) had already done a great job at making the place look pretty, so I just did some finishing touches with someone named Simona. My sister and family arrived after a little while, and we caught up on things. My relatives (Auntie, Uncle, and Tanya) seemed surprised that I was there, but they were really, really surprised to see Cha, Ed, and Annie.

The wedding ended up being really nice, though it started a lot later than anticipated. My relatives were really happy that there was family in attendance. I think especially Auntie was happy about that. Kiana and Billy's wedding was, of course, non-traditional. It was short on ceremony and long on party, but it fit them perfectly. It was a beautiful wedding, and it was a lot of fun, too. The weather could not have been better, and I only got three mosquito bites out of it all. I'm really happy for all three of them, and I know they already are a beautiful family.

Ed and Cha decided to drive me back to my hotel, even though it was a long drive. They were staying in Brooklyn. We got lost a bit, but I finally made it back to the Flatotel and my hard bed. I hadn't eaten much all day, so I considered going back outside to find some food. In the end, I decided to order room service so that I could eat on my bed in front of the TV. It was a good decision. :)

Welcome to my new blog! I decided that Yahoo 360 didn't give me enough control over things, so I decided switched over here. I hope I get some readers. I'd hate to be all alone out here in cyberspace.

I thought I'd start off by explaining where the name of my blog comes from. It's one of my favorite songs from the musical Dreamgirls--the show, not the movie. (They actually didn't use the song in the movie.)

Some words of explanation, no, I'm not having an affair with a married man. I just really like the line that I used above: "Even though my man throws confetti in my face, it still don't make it no party." I won't lie and tell you that my life is bad, but some days--yeah--I'm still waiting for my party.

Yes I knew you were married when I met you
Told myself "That's the way it's got to be!"
But for all these years, the best of my life,
My life has become a catastrophe

Sitting here waiting on a man who ain't comin'
Ain't no party, no, no, no
I'm sittin' there wishin' I had some ambition
To get me through; there wasn't always you

Don't I give you good lovin', sweet daddy
Anytime she let you slip away?
You're gonna tell her now that you love me
And you're gonna tell her today

Sitting here waiting on a man who ain't comin'
Ain't no party, no, no, no
I'm sittin' there wishin' I had some ambition
To get me through, but it wasn't always you

Where's my party?
Where is my party?
Where's the champagne?
Where's the flowers?
I'm all dressed up in my party dress
And I've been sittin' here for hours
This ain't no party
No, no, no, no, it ain't no party, baby

Now, it's been seven years, and it don't take a smarty
To realize that even though my man throws confetti in my face
It still don't make it no party

This ain't no party
It ain't no party, baby

My mama wants to know when you gonna marry me

If you want me in your life you better make me your wife

My daddy's comin' to town I can't be messin' around