Birthday Part 1

Me and my twin are officially 28 and what a day. J woke up at three am and wished me a happy birthday while I was soundly asleep, or so he says - but he’s nuts so I believe him (if you don't read first post).He tried to make me late for work but even after stopping at the grocery store around the corner for a cookie cake and white cheddar popcorn I was only 5 minutes late traffic was great all the way in.

When I arrived at work it was the usual day with data entry (yippee) with the acception that I got to eat cookie cake, the chocolate cake (someone else brought in) and the popcorn. I ate junk all day I think I even shocked my boss because I usually don’t eat that stuff but hey it’s my birthday and I can eat ¼ of a cookie cake if I want ;) of course I didn’t have the foresight to bring or purchase a lunch so I ate more junk. In the afternoon my boss got me alone because she was worried that I had spent money to bring in food for every one, it’s a temp job and she was worried that I may need the cash later. Well after repeated assurances that I could always get cash off my husband if I needed it she said it was a birthday present and I couldn’t find a valid argument against that. So I didn’t even have to purchase the junk food that I was craving in the morning.

So I leave work 30 minutes early (she would have let me go earlier but I didn’t ask) and when I get home J has flowers on the coffee table and my pillow! Very pretty rodies from our garden, zinnias and well I don’t know what the other one is but I like them. He next gets changed so that we can go to dinner at one of my favorite restraints (Portobello) which I have been looking forward to all week.

After dinner it’s back to mom and dad’s for ice cream cake! (Yes more junk!!!) so after the obligatory picture with the birthday cake we are getting ready to cut the cake when my cell phone goes off and I rush to answer it. Excited I note that it was my best friend from high school I say hi and go around the corner to say it’s Anne, when mom says “see I said it was her” (thinking it was my twin) and her dad and J start enthusiastically singing Happy Birthday as only my family can. For the next few minutes I am rolling on the floor laughing and practically crying which doesn’t faze them at all. After I collect myself I learn that Anne is in town for her brothers graduation and has managed to escape her family for a few hours, she was on her way. So at the time that she was supposed to show my sister shows up 5 hours earlier than she was supposed to so I got to see her as well.

My birthday card…

1978 is Great!

You may be wondering why 1978 is such a great year (I was) but don’t worry the card told me what wonderful historical moments occurred in the year of my birth some of my favorite included
Cult leader Jim Jones lead 909 people to mass suicide.
Families left Love Canal after dangerous chemicals leaked from an abandoned dump.
Punk rocker Sid Vicious killed girlfriend Nancy Spungeon

Yup it was also great because I was born – I think my mom was trying to hint something…

All these memories are not complete with out some memories of my father who brought up such wonders as the vending machines at airports that sold life insurance policies for just a few quarters you could be assured of life insurance in case of a crash. No wonder so many people are afraid to fly.. and of course thoes beds that used to vibrate at hotels "they were great rides!" to bad they were all broken. What a night.