Yum!

I make good cakes.

Every year, as a new tradition, I make my best friend a cool birthday cake. Her family generally ignores her birthday, so I like to go the extra mile and make sure she has something special to look forward to. This year I decided that having lived through a year of total turmoil (her last birthday was spent in the hospital, and she would return several times after that) she deserved something.. unique. She thwarted meningitis. She soundly defeated several nasty cuts while working in a deli shop. She overcame IBS, which turned out to not be IBS but might actually be cancer, but she doesn't know yet, and it might just be something minor after all. And she put up with me - which at times is no easy task.

Okay, that's a lie. I'm actually not a difficult person to get along with.

BUT she earned her 1up.

And that's why I made her the 1up cake. An extra life may go a long way =)