Magical Tipsy Toes

I had the most wonderful Easter with the “Best Buds”. CFB, OGB, PP, WAP & BimBam came over for dinner after mass. It was fun talking and laughing at the dinner table. Watching CFB offer black sauce pork chops to everyone when she had already staked her claim on them…PP going crazy over the egg curry and finally getting some meat in her system. OGB toggling between her hp, eating and trying to listen to the conversation and looking confused.. “Huh? What?…who wants my egg york?” BimBam looking frantically for the water tumbler cause chicken curry had way too much chilli. And WAP, the fleeting fairy…who said Grace in true WAP style, who swears that jello shots are so his thing…but after a few spoonfuls and his face going red…he suddenly decides maybe they aren’t. Dubai giggling way too much from watching WAP & CFB taking turns and asking “ Ok, what’s the plan? What’s the plan?” every few minutes.

A little tipsy from champagne and jello shots…we were all ready. Although, we had to work together to fill up another 100 or so packets of water. BimBam and WAP had sink/water duty. Rest of us had the tying up of packets duty. With 3 buckets and my parents clothes bin filled to the brim with water bomb packets, we headed outside. Alliances were made days before, some during mass. Strategies were formed and all planned out. Everybody wearing their sports attire…ok ok..not the spiffy kind, but we did look kinda sporty. And the Water Bomb fight was about to commence.

Imagine 7 people crowding around 3 buckets of packets of waters. Trying to figure out the rules of the game…but there wasn’t enough time when “TO WAR” was heard. Everything went crazy. Of course…WAP just had to throw the first packet into my neighbour’s house. Then suddenly…packets of water flying everywhere…running and screaming….poor WAP..had a couple of water bombs in his hands…but he just had no time to hit anyone…CFB, OGB, PP & BimBam bamboozled him. He fell pleaing… “No..no, I’m not ready”. 7 kids causing chaos along the streets at 11plus at night….and when someone yelled “CAR!!!” We all scrambled to the side with one of us carrying the basket from the middle of the road to the corner….we even had time to fill up another 200 packets outside my house….While playing “Poison Ball” or as WAP would call it..“Poison Bola” one of us just had to go to a corner and pee…No seriously…someone pee-ed at the corner of my neighbours place…then 3 others decided they needed to pee too. I crack up every time I think of it. Yep, they bloody pee-ed. Shampoo was brought out into the street….WAP & Bimbam did a “Herbal Essences” commercial on the street. Everybody started washing their hair in the middle of the road. All of us in a straight line washing each others hair. That was hilarious!!

All the cars within the area were wet because of us….soap duds were on the road….piss at some people’s house…a grumpy neighbour telling us to tone it down… 7 somewhat grown-ups became kids again, who forgot responsibilities for a while, who forgot all their worries, forgot about work & school…who thought only of getting the packets of water and who their next target was, laughing way too much till stomachs hurt.

You know it was an awesome weekend, when you walk into work on Monday morning and your body is aching and you’re sleepy…but smiling because that picture of you guys at the dinner table and playing in the streets, smiling, laughing and talking is still in my head.