The Big Day - Finally

I woke up the morning of February 5th. The sun was shining brightly through my window. I thought and pondered about the day... being 37... getting older... how close I'm getting to 40. Where I was a year ago, where I am now... and suddenly, there was a knock on my door.

I went to the door, and there's a man in a LIMO driver's outfit, telling me to pack my bag, I'm headed for SEATTLE!!!!! OH my GOSH!!! I couldn't BELIEVE it!!! I've always wanted to go! And Mr. B knew... and surely must have arranged it!! I quickly threw some stuff together and headed to the airport!! Next thing I know - I'm in SEATTLE - home of the Space Needle, really snazzy houseboats and fish being thrown across a market!!!

We had a WONDERFUL day!!! WE took a sea-plane ride, and saw all the sights!!! Soon evening fell and I was told to go put on a pretty dress and meet in the lobby of the hotel. So I grabbed my fringey little number, got all dolled up and headed down. And there... were other women... and a rose.... and Jason just waiting to give it to me....

Whoa... wait.... that wasn't my birthday. That was last weeks Bachelor.

Woops.

Ok... no - really. I woke up and put on a nice suit for work, and headed off for my 9 am briefing with the White House Press Corp....
Um... no.... that's not right. That was The West Wing.

SO confused am I.

Ok... really, I woke up at my usual time and headed down to the gym to work out on the treadmill. I was running my usual pace when ALL of a sudden this guy is standing behind me YELLING at me to RUN FASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Crap... that wasn't my birthday... that was The Biggest Loser.

It's highly possible I don't remember my birthday.

WAIT - yes I do!!! I was stuck on an Island! Yes, that's it. An Island... I was..... Lost.

Um.... no....

Would you maybe believe that I was commanding my own spaceship???

That possibly might have been Battlestar Galactica.

Um.... Let me think a minute.

I know the phone rang... and it was Mr. B... singing Happy Birthday to me.
And then Gert came in and sang to me... and then Essie... though her lyrics were a bit more.. 4th grade appropriate....

I went to work.... I sat and watch the comments on my blog grow and grow... I got so teary eyed at my special friends making my day so wonderful. I did, in the end, have to delete one comment.

After work the ladies and I headed out for Chinese food with a gift certificate from Restaurant.com that a friend gave me. The girls tried using chop sticks... with limited success....

We wrapped up the night with a trip to Target, where we bowed to the great target gods spent my $50 gift certificate on new sheets for my bed, but probably should have bought some new Sharpies - cause you can see that the old Sharpie is having trouble getting through a whole recap of the day.

So that, my lovelies, was my birthday. It was a nice day... Sorry - no diamond rings yet! Sorry if I had you going. He did get me the next best thing - the ENTIRE series of The West Wing!!!!!

I DO get to see Mr. B this weekend, which is a surprise, since I didn't think I would.

Thank you ALL for such a wonderful day!! You made it wonderful and I hope I can do the same for all of you someday!!!!!