Saturday, July 05, 2008

The big 36

Wednesday was my 36th birthday. At least, I think I'm 36. I checked with my sister Amy, and she agrees. We had an incidident about 10 years ago where I thought I was 27 turning 28, and Amy corrected me. She told me I was actually about to turn 27. I argued at first; after all, its me. I know how old I am, right? Wrong. If I ever forget my age, I immediately consult Amy.

Gina's over 5 months pregnant. Usually she likes to make a big deal out of my birthday. I don't object much. I figured this year we could take it easy. So, rather than have a cookout over the weekend as she would usually do, she prepared a turkey dinner four about 20 people. Very relaxing for her.

The dinner was on Wednesday night. I really didn't expect friends from work to attend due to it being the middle of the week, but they did.

The first course was lasangna, courtesy of Gina's mother. The second course was the turkey; thanksgiving in July. Good stuff. That was followed up by chocolate cake, and Carvel ice cream cake. Heavenly.

Carlos brought his Wii, and Mike brought his controllers. We played 4-way Mario Cart for a while. The competition was fierce.

This year's theme was Kung Fu Panda. Gina is in serious denial about my age. I warned people in advance about the themes. Jack will be here next year. I can then attribute the themes to his presence; this year, though, all I can do is shrug and hope everyone enjoyed it.

Getting old.

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Karen said...

Happy Belated Birthday!! Glad you had a great time and you're not getting old cause if you were, what would that make me? Huh?...cause ya know it's all about me...and since we're talking about me......... LOL

Miss you guys. Tell Gina I said "Hi" and can't wait to hear all about Jack.