I should probably be doing school work (I do have a presentation on Tuesday and all), but I can't seem to bring myself to actually do it.  So here I am. 

Robin's baby shower went well.  Brenda managed to prevent a last minute disaster with the caterer, but other than that, the part went on as planned.  Maxie and Georgie even found the most adorable cake.  Robin was surprised, which I admit I was bit nervous about.  She's not too big on those.  Robin likes to be in control of things what with her, let's say, eventful, upbringing.  But Brenda insisted and it turned out just fine.  I was in charge of the guest  list so I made sure everyone Robin would want there was there.  It wasn't too big, just her closest friends and family, which I knew she would prefer over a big, splashy affair.  Let's see there was Anna, Felicia and Tiffany.  Brenda, Maxie, Georgie, and me obviously.  Some of Robin's hospital friends including Emily, Karen and Elizabeth.  Lois and Brook Lynn were there.  And Lucy Coe and Serena too.

Speaking of Lucy, she's driving herself crazy making arrangements for the Nurse's Ball in February.  Just let it be known that I LOVE the Nurse's Ball.  It's the annual AIDS/HIV fundraiser/gala at the hospital where my parents work.  I look forward to it every year.  Lucy organizes pretty much the entire thing with some help from Robin and some other people from the hospital.  And she hosts it.  After Stone died, Sonny donated an entire wing of the hospital just for AIDS and HIV patients in his honor.  I was only 8, but I remember that Nurse's Ball like it was just last year.  Even though I've been to every single Nurse's Ball, nothing tops that one.  Robin gave the most beautiful and heartbreaking speech in front of the entire town, which I'm sure solidified my complete adoration of her.  Seriously, when I was a kid, there was no one in the world I looked up to more than Robin.  Even in the face of everything she's gone through in her life, she handled it all with courage, grace and dignity.  And the entire town adored her (they still, rightfully I think, do).  I wanted to be just like her.  I still look up to her, but I've learned that just being me is OK too.

Anyway, the Nurse's Ball.  Why is it so fabulous?  Well, there's the dinner, the auctions, the dressing up, the whole society event thing.  But the very best part of the Nurse's Ball are the performances.  The skits, the showtunes, all of which are performed by hospital staff and townspeople alike.  I've been in skits for the Ball every year since I was 7 years old.  My favorite skit (that I was a part of) was when I was 10 and it combined the songs "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and "Girls Just Want to Have Fun."  It consisted of Grandfather, Scott and Mac with their "little girls":  me and Emily (Grandfather's), Serena and Karen (Scott's), Maxie and Robin (Mac's).  Grandfather, Mac and Scott introduced us girls one at a time as they were "dropping us off at school" singing "Thank Heaven for Little Girls."  Then it turned into the little girls (of which Karen, Robin and Emily were not so little!) going wild as we sang "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" while Mac, Scott and Grandfather, exasperated, tried to settle us down.  It was cute and hilarious.  My parents recorded it and sometimes I'll watch it with Grandfather and Emily.  Good times.

So that's the Nurse's Ball.  It's good fun and for a great cause.  I can't wait until February!  I wonder what skit we'll do this year...