Saturday, August 08, 2009

 

My friends

I have no idea how many times I've blogged about this, but I'm doing it again. I have great friends. Last night was the Annual Birthday Dinner at my fav Birthday Dinner Spot. The folks there are great and the waiter, who we've had for 3 years now, just fits right in with us. We apologized early in the night for any raw and inappropriate language we'd be subjecting him to. He says "That's alright, dessert tonight is rhinoceros crotch ice cream". So as you can see....he can hang right there with us.

Missed a few people, but that's fine. Have one friend who has 3 little ones under 8 and her anniversary is 2 days before my birthday. So if she and her hub can manage a free night that time of year, they're celebrating their holiday, which is only right in my book. Have one friend who always attends a conference this time of year. If she gets home, unpacked, re-organized, she makes it. This year was not one of those years. One couple is building a house and has had a few mishaps already, even though they're still working on the foundation. Ten inches of rain in a month doesn't do good things for your driveway when heavy trucks come a'calling. Had some new faces this year, which is always fun. Not sure how traumatized J and M are after all our fun, but they seem to have survived pretty well. A friend of T and D was in town from Florida and I was glad they brought her. She's a lot of fun.

Since I'm not a cheap date, I never request presENTS, but prefer presENCE. However, great friends that I have, I get the ENTS anyway. This year, two different people got me gift certificates to liquor stores. No, I didn't realize that they had gift certificates either. I have a feeling that shopping for wine "for free" is going to be better than shopping for books "for free".

Tomorrow I'm going to go see the movie about the chef and the blogger (I'd put the name, but I don't want a bunch of comment spam like I got when I posted football team names last year). I know that I'll boo hoo all through it. I can barely get through the trailer without tearing up. I wonder, when did I get so soft? Emotionally, I mean. I know exactly how I got to be physically soft. That being said, I'm still very much looking forward to it. I'm taking a fellow softie, so I won't sit and the theatre and sob alone.

Ahhhhh, the fun of Birthday Month continues!

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