Hyper drive

The joy of birthday invitations...
My daughter (Alora, 12yr old) has been on hyper drive since yesterday because she has a party to go to tonight. She gets to sleep over, go swimming, (which she does every day in our back yard, but it was still said with the zeal as if she had never been swimming before in her life) and apparently it's the most exciting thing to ever happen. I have never seen her so pumped up, I'm thinking of calling the school and keeping her on watch for a heart attack. In this way, I am happy the invitation was given only one day in advance. Not sure she could have waited a week without exploding.
So of course this sends us into a frenzy last night. We had to get a birthday present and Alora was in need of a new bathing suit. We go through them fast in Arizona, they start to deteriorate from chlorine before you grow out of them. Of course, her little sister (Adrianna, 7yr old) could not be left out of the mix and needed a swim suit as well. So after a couple hours of shopping, a coffee for mom, and one destroyed dressing room later...we make it out alive with two perfect swimming suits and a birthday gift. Wonders never cease.
Now if only I had had a tranquilizer to make her sleep last night :)