Showgirl Down!!

There is just no way to tell this story and have you understand exactly what happened this day... I will try my best to make you feel the emotion but, it will never be as funny as it was in person.

This past Friday was my bosses (Dr. Brockmeyer) birthday. Well, I don't really know if he is my boss but, I take my orders from him. Anyway, the day before TBP, T-Dawg and I were plotting how to make the day extra special for him... He is an avid climber. In fact, he has climbed freaking EVEREST okay! So, we decided to get him a cake with a "mountain" and a "yeti" on it... Then, I wanted to get him an extra special get-up to wear during the lunch hour! When he busted us plotting his birthday extravaganza, he then requested "magic" candles that don't blow out. Well, mental note taken! Zurchers, here I come!!

That night, I was searching for about an hour in the "crazy hat" section of Zurchers with no luck. I didn't know what I wanted but, I knew I hadn't found it. I had just given up the crazy hat search when I came across the freaking incredible selection of boas! That was it, he needed a boa and a crown, for a "Showgirl" look. I didn't know if he would even wear it but, it was worth having it on the off chance that he was a good sport.

Friday came along... I was nervous! I didn't know if he would be mad at me for buying such a ridiculous outfit. Just in case though, I had a back up plan. COOKIES! Actually, one giant sugar cookie with a "D" on it for "Doug"(obviously). Anywho, lunch time came around. He was still in surgery so I had time to clean up the kitchen and set up his area before he came downstairs to see everything! Luckily, the university had this giant computer virus outbreak so, there was not a lot of work that could be done since the virus scan thingy was running on all of the computers!

Here is a pic of his set-up! The cookie with candles (so the wax wouldn't drip on the cake), salad, bottled water, crown , boa and metal silverware(an extra special touch because it was his b-day).Well, when he came down from surgery, he decided the candles went a lot better on "Mt. Everest" (in retrospect - this was a bad idea. Keep reading)
Goll - he wore it and he liked it!! What a good sport...
HOLY BALL o' FIRE!!! This is bad!
Blowing....
There is no way to explain the amount of smoke that was present in the break room at this point (you can see T-dawg trying to fan it away - with that tiny plate)!! Seriously, for whatever reason the doors were closed so we were trapped in a room of smoke!! He kept blowing and the candles kept reigniting and even more smoke kept billowing! HAHA - as you can see he was leaning incredibly close to the cake to keep blowing. Eventually, the candles started sparking - thus, making the boa spark! This was the scariest part, scarier than the possibility of dying (in a hospital) of carbon monoxide poisoning. In my panic to air out the room, I scream out "WATCH THE BOA"!!!!!! At this point, everyone is probably waiting for me to say the boa lit on fire! Well, it didn't but, my BFF T-dawg screamed out "I am going to have to call security and report ONE SHOWGIRL DOWN - repeat, WE HAVE ONE SHOWGIRL DOWN"!!!! No one can ever grasp how hysterical this moment was but, trust me, it was another priceless moment in pediatric neurosurgery!
This is a pic of what had to be scraped off of the top of the cake so we could eat it! You can kinda tell the frosting has a blackish hue! Yeah, that is ashes! Freaking ASHES!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!

Everyone was okay, a few of us got an instant headache but, we decided that the cake was worth it! It was the BEST CAKE EVER!! Thanks Doug for having a birthday and giving us hilarious memories to last a lifetime!