She gave me the best birthday ever! She arranged for all my siblings to fly in and surprise me. Apparently, she'd been in collusion with them since June planning their little jaunt to Beantown to celebrate my getting a walker and dentures. She was even nice enough to give me a little advanced notice so I could get a bit ahead with the school work and have more time to hang out with them. How awesome is THAT?! She also emailed everyone on our wedding guestlist to remind them of my big day so I got a boat-load of well-wishes via email (thanks, ya'll).
In addition to getting to hang out with my not-often-seen family, the also brought me presents. Mostly, the presents came in the form of scotch but I got some clothes and a picture album from my mom with goofy old photos of me when I was a kid (apparently, getting to gang up on me wasn't enough for them...they needed photographic fodder to tease me about all weekend as well). All in all, aside from mysterious stomach cramps the night of my birthday and our power being out all day yesterday, it was the best birthday a fellow of my advanced age could hope for. Bring on the shuffleboard and cottage cheese, I'm ready for retirement!
S.
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Happy Birthday you silly old man. Sorry i didn't get a card out to you-I have a ton of excuses-most of them are pretty good too. Glad to hear you had a good time though. Did you have another grown-up party? When are you back in seattle? We miss you (sometimes), we check in on your blog to see how youre doing-give us a call sometime...
oh-and those stomach cramps you had on your birthday-thats why old people wear deepends.
Well so happy that you had such a great Birthday and yes you have the best wife in the world and don't let her ever forget it.
glad you liked the album kid it was fun putting it together. I see your friend goldfish has quite a sense of humor also. Take care Love to you both.
Mom
Hey Shaun-ey boy! Yes, your wife was very sweet to remind us to remind you that you're getting old. (though sadly, I'm still older..) I've actually (finally!) been checking this thing lately, so have been waiting for you to post about your b-day. Hope my card made it on time. Glad you had a memorable celebration. Even though you're far away and washed up and stuff, we still like and remember you.... sometimes :)
Deb
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