How To Be Last Minute

So what happens when it’s your friend’s birthday, and you come to school to find out that the cat you were planning to get for her is “the ugliest cat ever seen” and not possible to be adopted until three weeks later?

1. Eat cake: No kidding- some other people brought a cake to school to celebrate Sophie’s birthday, so we sat down and ate the white mud cake like it was our day job, INCLUDING the two pieces we were supposed to save for other people.

The birthday girl cutting the cake


The White Mud Cake- it was heaven

2. Go to sport (chess, that is) and attempt to inconspicuously ask Sophie for her bra size in between moves: See, the plan was to give Sophie a “hamper” of random cute things- lingerie included; because of course everyone needs a nice pair of lingerie.

3. Ditch above idea and opt to revise previous pet idea whilst making up ridiculous code words for certain things as so not to expose our failure to Sophie. During this time, we managed to confuse Sophie into thinking we were going to buy a pair of limited-edition-available-one-day-only $100 pair of boots later after school, whilst confusing ourselves even more.

4. Leave school suspiciously and continue to be even more suspicious by hunting Van down to empty her wallet content.

5. Miss two consecutive trains amidst panicking, searching for certain people on platforms, and expressing frustration at a ticket machine.

6. Trek to the shopping centre and make a beeline for Pets’ Paradise and manage to almost allow a cat to escape from the shop TWICE.

7. Buy and carry said cat in a cardboard box to Sophie’s house to be greeted with a locked door.

8. Sophie’s mum opens door before we are able to dig up her secret key. I am still surprised at how well this part turned out- although I was kind of looking forward to looking for Sophie's secret key.

9. Sophie appears whilst we hide under/behind tables, fashioning her “study attire” and jumps in shock at the sight of Shroom (the cat, that is. We called it Shroom).

Ngaaaaw <3

10. Spend rest of time trying to coax cat out from under couch.

I love Shroom. I've never really paid any attention to Sophie's pets, but I LOVEEEE this one. Apparently, it's very hyperactive, now that its become accustomed to its new home, and has an obsession with people's heads...

Happy Birthday, Sophie. Love you (and your cat) heaps.