My Book Signing Almost Didn't Happen!

After celebrating my cousin's birthday with the family I gathered my tipsy strength and called my male friend to pick me up and take me home. It was the night before my very first book signing and in my procrastinating fashion, I had last minute details to wrap up. 
Three frustrating calls later, I was fuming because all I got was the voicemail. Once AGAIN he was m.i.a. in the middle of the night (that's another story) and I was forced to spend the night at my mom's. Before I drifted off into my drunken sleep I texted him:"On the most important day of my life u say fuck me. I hope whoever ur with is worth the pain u caused me."
The next morning, my sister-friend and I battled our hangovers to rush me home to get dressed for my event. I tore my room up looking for my strapless bra and couldn't find it. My guy friend still hadn't called. Suddenly, my pretty dress wasn't so pretty anymore. I threw it to the side and put on jeans and a top. I didn't have time to fuss over my wardrobe. I realized that I didn't have a table at the salon where the signing was going to happen at. After I called my aunt and asked her to bring me one, I broke down in the hardest cry ever. Things were going wrong one by one and I just wanted to say fuck it and cancel the whole thing.
Crying has always been therapeutic for me. After I have a good cry the strength I need to push forward suddenly bursts inside of me. Once I dried my tears, I left out determined to get to the salon and do my thing. There was no way I was canceling my first book signing! I didn't give a damn what went wrong. 
I arrived at the shop and started in on my sob story about why I'm late and unprepared. My homegirl smiled and let me know that somehow they already had a table there. My aunt walked up as I was talking to her so I had two tables that she and my friend helped setup while I put on my makeup and got my mind right. 
Once the event started and my guests started to arrive all of the nerves went away and things went surprisingly smooth. I sold out of books and the dessert table was a hit. I'm thankful that I didn't give in to the devil and his negative thoughts! One down side is that I didn't get to take any pics. I forgot to mention that I didn't have my cellphone at the event. As I get pics from those that were there I'll update this post and let you guys know. Thanks to my bff Lady. The photos in this post are courtesy of her. :)