Surprise Shower

On Friday I was at home not doing much. I managed to go to the gym, read, and that was about it. I was feeling kind of bad because the night before I had hung out with Molly and Joanne and had a little too much to drink like I do every Thursday night to watch Lost and Grey's. So, drunk me got a little hostile and was flinging Klondike bar wrappers at Eric, Molly and Joanne cause they were singing this pie song that I can't stand and then gave Joanne hell about not being willing to pick me up to take me to the class BBQ cause I thought it was going to be at the beach by school, not in Carmel. Man I felt really sheepish afterward. So I was feeling embarrassed and was contemplating not going to this dinner that Molly had talked about going to. So she calls me around 5 and WAS ALL "Want to go to dinner?" I decided to go because in a couple days we aren't going to be in the same town anymore and we won't see each other every week. I knew I was going to miss them AND not going cause I am a dumb ass when I drink is lamer than being a dumb drunk.
An hour and half later Molly and Eric pick me up to go to a Mexican restaurant in Carmel called Baja Cantina. So in the car Molly was telling me about her day and asking me about mine. Then she mentioned how she had gone shopping in Carmel. I was like "oh cool!" but in my head I was thinking "Oh! She went shopping without me? I knew I pissed her off!" So Eric zigzagged through Carmel valley in search of the restaurant and I convinced myself that Molly and I don't always have to shop together. We got to the restaurant and could hear the live band playing. It looked like a lot of fun. And when Molly mentioned margaritas I was super stoked. Then we hung out in the entrance and waited to be seated. The hostess pointed to a table and I turned and saw Joanne and Ray! I think I must have made the weirdest face ever. I saw them both, and I knew Joanne was going to come but I was so confused when I saw Ray. Then I saw presents on the table. I was about to ask Eric or Molly whose birthday it was, if this was a class goodbye party thing when Ray and Joanne yelled "Surprise!"
"What?" I asked. In typical fashion I was so confused. "Surprise!" they yelled again. I turned to Molly who was smiling and told me that it was a surprise shower party for me. And then she told me that there were more people who were supposed to be there but who were late. I was so touched. It was so sweet and totally unexpected. I felt really lucky to know people who were willing to go out of their way to throw a little party for me. It turned out that Molly had been shopping that day for my presents and had realized that she probably should not have been telling me about it.
Thank you so much! The restaurant, the food, the music...everything was outstanding. The company was even better. And the presents! Oskar and I got a new All-Clad 6 quart saute pot and the Silver Palette cookbook and even a little something to care for my, err our, new pot.
I can't believe I almost didn't go. Molly told me that she would have killed me. As cheesy as it sounds, it was one of the best nights I think I have had in a long time.