30th Birthday Moving Day and Surprise Party

Excuse Me, I Can't Find My Head: A Year Older, But Not Wiser: "A Year Older, But Not Wiser
So I am now officially 30. Someone get me my walker and arthritis medicine. Anyone want to hear me complain about my aches and pains? No, okay, I'll just talk to myself. Seriously though, I had a lot of fun this weekend (see pics to the right). My sister, Melanie, surprised the hell out of me. Here I was thinking we were just going to have the usual family dinner and go out to a bar to drink like fools. Well, my parents and Melanie come down on Saturday morning to help me move, and who is with them? My cousin, Megan, from Colorado! I had no idea they were flying her in, and those beeatches (Melanie and Megan), who I talk to every single day, managed to keep it a secret from me for a month! It was an awesome birthday present. So we did the move, which was a real hoot. I had my toe crushed, although not broken thank God, and chipped some furniture, but everything worked out in the end. Then we went back to the suburbs where my parents live to hang out until dinner. We ended up at Olive Garden for the birthday extravaganza, where my family insisted on getting the waiters and waitresses out at the end of the meal to sing to me while they all shouted that it was my 30th birhtday - gee..."


She goes on to say her family doesn't make a big deal out of things, especially for birthdays past 18--so she got choked up at this big fuss!

So while the celebration was fun, what struck her was the love behind it. That's true of any birthday celebration, right?