Birthday Cake

I am an accountant (previously and always at heart) and HR manager (currently and totally by random). I have that logical, black/white only, type A, perfectionist thing going for me. I get totally absorbed in my work and just love to solve problems and make everything more efficient and things more productive. But I also feel that because of what I do in my everyday work life, that I sometimes deeply suppress my creative side. I love to decorate! If I had only really known what I should do in life back in college...then I would be an interior designer. I am a total believer in that if you're not dead, then you have time to change. My problem goes back to the obsessive disorder thing that I have about perfection and basically, its not perfect unless I like it (and not everyone likes what I like...imagine that???). Its really great when I get the chance to paint, decorate, bake, garden, etc. I need to make myself do it more because its a great stress reliever!

I am in the middle of making a cake...My first cake from scratch. Tomorrow is my mom's birthday. I was hoping to have it all done for her surprise birthday lunch tomorrow, but I am really paranoid that it has something wrong with it and it will just be terrible. So instead of forcing it on her friends and them having to grin and bear it just to be nice, I am going to just make her eat it...! That way if its gross, I am not totally embarrassed. I will post a picture when its done. Either way, I am proud of myself for actually making it rather than buying it...which is what I normally would do.