I Suck At Hanging Out With Cass

after visiting my friends (jen and bill) at their new apartment, karen and i visited my friend (cass). too bad i suck at hanging out with cass.

cass had invited a group of us over for an autumn dinner. he was going to prepare a meal consisting of butternut squash fries, clam chowder, stuffed peppers, chocolate-dipped apples, pears, etc. etc. there was a huge list of food items for the night.

add to that the other items brought by everyone else... and you can imagine how much food there really was. (additional foods included chili, bruschetta, meatballs, blue 22 chicken wings, etc.)

probably the highlight of the meal... was the dessert prepared by my friend (kelley). kelley (of marc and kelley wednesday night fame) created a dessert called a litter box. it is basically dessert designed to look like... a litter box... complete with cat poop (or also known as tasty tootsie rolls). the litter box was funny. it tasted good too. actually, everything on the menu was delicious. (cue rachael ray's "yum-o" sound.)

as an added bonus, there was no choking incident. the last time cass had a get together... yours truly had to have abdominal thrusts (or more commonly referred to as the heimlich) performed... thanks to an extra chewy piece of steak. sure, the piece of steak may have been a bit too large when i swallowed... but that's beside the point. luckily, i can look back and laugh.

needless to say, i had a good time. i think karen did as well. it was good to see my friends (cass, ellen, marc, kelley, garv, leeann, meredith, doug, and scott). all of us just hung out, told stories, laughed, joked... it was fun.

it definitely provided a slight distraction for me. so thank you cass for organizing the dinner. i probably don't say it enough, but both karen and i are lucky to have great friends... not just the ones at dinner tonight... we are lucky in general. they say in adversity, you realize who your friends are... and i am lucky to have a whole bunch of friends who care so deeply for both karen and i.

thanks again everyone.