Have Your Cake, And Eat It Too

I had to share this picture, but first some background. Army folks like to have these get-togethers to make everyone feel like they’re all part of one big, dysfunctional, camouflaged family. These can be potlucks, sit-down dinners, or simple shit, like everyone getting together at a bowling alley and having some drunk bowling. In good units, people enjoy these. In other units, this becomes known as mandatory fun.

On Friday afternoon, we all get to take half the day and f-off at drunk bowling. Win. Downside is the pile of work I won’t accomplish (mainly phone calls and teleconferences). Fail.

At any rate, Di and I decided that it would be supremely awesome for us to do some small gesture of thanks for the support, thought, notes, and flowers she got while chilling in the Neurological ICU after crushing a cervical disk.  Doing a cartwheel. For the intensely interested, read about it here and here. This was not a fun month of recovery, but we’re making good progress.

Back to the blog topic. We kicked this gesture idea around and arrived at the idea of having a cake made for everyone to eat (because cake and beer go together well) with a big ‘thank you’ message iced on the top. Now, if you think for a minute that I’m the only sick, twisted, and ranty lifeform at this URL, think again, because there’s a reason she puts up with my sorry ass besides the money each month.

Long story short, here’s the main decoration we drew up to design on the cake. Not shown is the text which will say, “Thanks for the support you guys… Cartwheel Probation.”  Enjoy:

Cartwheel Probation