The party preparations are underway. The birthday cake has arrived. The flowers have been bought and are with my godmother who is arranging them for me. The food and wine has been ordered. The venue has been booked. One of the guests is bringing Northumbrian pipes.
All that remains for me to do - with the help of a friend who is staying for a few days - is to inflate a lot of balloons (luckily we have a canister of helium for this), wrap some pebbles to weigh down the balloons and prepare the party games.
It's amazing what a lot of preparation it takes to support a few hours of frivolity. But it's a fundraiser - and I've raised around 250 GBP already - and, since I couldn't even have dreamed of doing this last year, I'm not complaining.
I'll be starting to post photos on the blog very soon, so watch this space.
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