HOORAY FOR 24 Years

Today I celebrated my 24th birthday. One of my assistants baked me a German Chocolate Cake (oh so yummy) and she put a banner over my doorway with hot pink streamers and all and she cut a spot out for me to walk through. It was quite un-professional looking, (a stuffy banker would say), but good thing no clients came to my office. Thanks for all the wishes.

My Mom Called Me Stupid

I was toasting a Vietnamese sub (banh mi) in the mini-oven toaster. Well, I typically leave the white wrapping around the paper and just hit the toast button. Unfortunately, I didn't fold down the white paper like I normally do.... I smelt a burning smell and looked over to the toaster. Sure enough there was smoke coming from it. I quickly turned it off and pulled out the tray only to find the white paper caught on fire.

My first thought, "Annette, put out the fire." My second thought, "Take the cloth towel in your hand and smash out the fire."

So, as I began batting out the fire, the flames kept growing and I screamed. My mom looked over and in Vietnamese began with the following translation into English, "I've never in my entire life seen someone so stupid as to put paper in the toaster..."

And as she goes on and on about my intelligence, I manage to put out the fire. Upon doing so and saving our house from being burnt down I looked at her and laughed, "Thanks for helping me put out the fire."

She laughed at me. This isn't the first kitchen fiasco I've experienced with her.