Happy Birthday USA

Today I attended the Amrican music party in Caledon. I met Mr Boyle who is new to Caledon and danced with him for 2. He had to rush off however and I spent the rest of my time dancing on the sidelines. Duchess Riel played wonderful music and I had a very lovely time at the party. I even got to wear my red and blue dress that I made. I didn't make the dress for the occassion, but it worked out well.





I worked on my dress for a while while Dante teased me that he was working on something secret. Usually we build together, so I was very curious! Eventually he invited me to his place to see the almost finished item. Turns out he was making me a present. The secret item turned out to be a cage for my new pet rats! I had told him a while ago that I would need to make a cage for the rats to live in, and I never dreamed he would make it for me. He really outdid himself this time! The wheel rotates and makes sounds and the waterbottle gurgles and the little rat photo inside squeaks. He had to go to a BBQ right after surprising me, and I was sorry to see him leave when I was so excited over his creation. He is such a dear friend - it was very very sweet of him to make me such a thoughtful present. I owe him big time.



I went back to the house and worked some more on the skirt for the dress. A little later, Viola came online and stopped by for a while. She was planning to help me make the store, so I told her I needed her help now since I am so close to getting it open so she is going to work on that. It was good to see her today. I wish she would come around more often. I miss her.



I worked on my dress for a long time after she left and got the prim skirt aligned, textured, linked and taken into my inventory as an object. I put it on, and it was a wreck (after being perfect before). I was so disheartened. Just about this time, Dante came back from the BBQ and I told him how awful the skirt looked. So he invited me over to his place so I could show it to him. He agreed it was messed up and while he continued to tweak the cage present for me, I worked on the skirt some more.

It turned out that it was the transparancies causing the textures to look like they were popping behind one another at random, regardless of actual prim depth. Well, now that I know how to fix it, it will require reworking of the entire skirt. I didn't have the heart or energy to put into it, so Dante suggested we go to the evening dance in Caledon being DJ'd by Sir Edward Pearse. We danced for a short time until Dante had to go before the dance was over.





I stayed for the duration of the dance until there were only 5-6 of us left. After the dance, I went home and paid the rent, then set up the rat cage in the house. I thought I would surprise Dante with it tomorrow, all set up with the rats inside. Setting up the rats took a lot longer than expected, but eventually I got them in the cage and running around. I can't wait to show it to Dante!



So overall, it was a productive day, despite the dress issues. At least I learned from it.