I'm now as old as you people...

Double hurrah with knobs! A rockin' birthday all around (or as "50" would say [or is it Fiddy...?] my birfday...).

To start, Delewish and I went for a jog with the puppy, and I got my daily dose of Oscar stories--who doesn't love a dog who wears jerseys, hmm? Shower (and Smashing Punkin's "1979" came on... Um, hells ya!). Dress. Wore my fav boots (because they were made for walking.)

Obvi, Yaris and I rocked it out on the daily commute to a little Timberland and Kanye. Word. I'm so ghetto, it's fabulous.

Next up it was a large coffee from my favorite Second Cup, complete with milk, and a wink from a handsome stranger. Getting to work, one of my many supervisors brought bars (yes, multiple bars) of chocolate in... So there was an ENTIRE BOWL of Mounds, Cadbury Mint, Caramilk, and Smarties in the office (let's not argue the semantics of Smarties in the chocolate bar category, k?) Needless to say there was a little "munchy munchy" of the chocolate goodies.

Log into the ole' email account... Whamo! Piles of emails from my besties all across the country. Word. I lub you guys. Smiles and smiles and mucho smiles. Desk shift... Coworker yelled at me for answering her telephone line. Punched her in the face (not really... but maybe *shrugs shoulders*)

Lunch. Yum.

Got some serious laughs in with my coworkers over some ridiculous emails regarding bagpipes and sans serif fonts *shifty eyes* No, but really... Ask me about it sometime. It'll make you laugh, I promise. We librarians can be s'rsly funny sometimes.

Trotted home with Yaris singing "Take Your Mama" by the Scissor Sisters (in the words of Bill and Ted, "most excellent tunes.") Mother had chips and dip ready. C'mon now... Pfft. Perfect. And then, time for presents!

1. Sweet @ss running shoes.
2. A fancy globe that I seriously love so much. Not only can I imagine my way around it, but it'll help me bone up on my geography so I can kick some serious Trivia Lady butters.
3. "Jane Austen's Guide to Dating" from my Hurr_ah. Sigh... Can't wait to crack it.
4. The world's (globe's?) bestest card and necklace from Susie.
5. A Kalan Porter CD, from an anonymous source, but for whom some of you might guess... Too sweet. I promise to try, Anonymous *more shifty eyes*
6. And last but not least... KELLY CLARKSON TICKETS from the Beefs! That's right, folks. Beefy and I will be travelling to the T.O. one last time for yet another Top 40 concert. Gotta finish it off right: Gwen, Christina, PCD, Justin, Kelly. It's been a pop-tastic summer!

A family sushi dinner topped it all off. And let me tell ya, I've been dreaming of this sushi. A cucumber roll, asparagus roll, vegetable tempura, and two pots of green tea. And the sushi guy--Tom--is more or less a family member. He knows Papa as "No Salmon" (or with his accent, "No Saw-mon".) We've been going to his restaurant for years, and so as a treat they gave us these kick-butt potato things, and a piece of cheesecake with a sparkler. So cute. They even sang happy birthday. Squee!

All in all, it couldn't be better. 28 feels better than 27, them's for sure. And things are only going to get better. Thank you to everyone for makin' me feel like a million bucks.

Love,

Library Lady