Birthday Tales

While Chris's birthday cake is baking in the oven, I figure I have a few minutes to tell you about my evening last night. For the past few weeks, I have been secretly plotting a surprise for Chris's 29th birthday, which is today. I emailed some of his friends and family and asked them to surprise him at Casa for dinner, then head out for a night of drinking. Everything went off without a hitch. He was totally bamboozled and it was sorta funny. Everyone was sitting down when we got there. The place was totally packed and the hostess was telling people that there was a 20-30 minute wait. So, Chris tells me he's going to go talk to the hostess. I say, "no, wait, I'll take care of it." He kinda looked confused, but I still don't think he had any idea of what was going on. When we got seated, everyone yelled "surprise" and he was just sorta stunned. It was great! He got a lot of great gifts too. Gift cards, khakis, DVD, games, and the best of all, Lightning Reaction. This game was a lot of fun, but mostly only if you're drunk. Anyway, after dinner we headed over to Trainwreck and had a few drinks. Then, ended up at Rhino's Sports Bar. There was a band playing there who actually wasn't bad. They were made up of people maybe in their 50's. They played 80's/90's stuff. It was good. We played pool and threw darts in which we discovered that Jason must have been a pool shark in his past life, and obviously is a member of a dart league. Anyway, it was a great night and Chris had a really good time.

Some of you who know me, well, know my obsession with surprises. I'm such a cheeseball when it comes to surprises. I'd say, for the past 6 years, I've thrown at least 3 "surprise" parties each year. Yeah, I know, I'm cheesy like that. It's so ridiculous, I realize, but I can't stop myself. Now, the really strange thing, although I guess it's not really that strange when I think about it, anyway, nobody has ever really been able to effectively surprise me. There was one time at work where I was surprised, but that doesn't really count. My friends and family have never been able to surprise me. I challenged Chris, but he wouldn't accept. See, I'm way to crafty for anyone to ever bamboozle me. So, I guess I'll just throw enough surprises for other people to make up for the lack of surprise for me!

Chris's parents are coming over for dinner tonight. I've got to take a shower and then go to the grocery store and do my Thanksgiving shopping. I'm so looking forward to that.

An update on my ongoing mouth saga. Last night at Casa, I was able to eat a whole order of refried beans and 1 order of corn cakes. That is the most food I've been able to eat in over a week. It was great! This morning I've feeling good, and my face has gone down even more. I'm still sore, but it's getting better. I've got an appointment with H.O.S tomorrow morning and then it's back to work. I'm actually looking forward to going back. Staying at home this week has sucked goat ass.