Yup, it's my Birthday!
In all, it was a very enjoyable birthday. Usually, I ask that we go skiing for this day, but this year, well, it's just not in the cards.
I woke up, and managed to keep my hands off my present until Jerry woke up. Ok, he had a little help. I waited a couple of hours, then told him that he'd better become concious, because he'd better remember me opening his gift. Honestly, out of all the things I thought I'd be getting, he managed to surprise me once again. A brand new Alpine 9827 stereo system for my Grand Cherokee. My Grand Cherokee is a 2000 model, and is possibly the only one made with a *tape deck* instead of a CD player. Strange, but true. It's loaded with just about every option except the Laredo exterior trim, leather seats, and that darn CD player. It was originaly ordered by an elderly couple, and they made some strange requests when putting that thing together. They didn't want leather, but they ordered the $3000 super duper trac-loc traction control system. Strange. But good, since we would have asked for those options, too! We just would have added that silly CD player.
Anyway, I made him install it then take me to town, where we met his mother, sister, and her husband at Johnny Carino's for lunch. I should have had a clue that things were going to be a bit off at lunch when Jerry's mom was surprised to see us. Apparently Jerry and I have Dopplegangers that went into the restaraunt just before we got there, and we almost lost our table! Then, the waitress managed to dump an entire glass of water on his mom's nice leather purse. 10 minutes later, we finally got our bread, but no oil to dip. So I tried to swirl the herbed oil up, and splattered it across my entire chest. Great. It took about 30 minutes for us to get our food, which by that time was so overdone it was barely edible. I ordered Chicken Parmegana with Fettuccini Alfredo instead of Spaghetti. Apparently they forgot, then remembered, because there were a few strands of spaghetti and marinara sauce at the bottom of my pile of Alfredo. And it tasted like the salmon my sister-in-law ordered. BLECH.
Of course, after that we had to go to the mall so I could get a new shirt. I ended up with the cutest jogging outfit from Motherhood Maternity. I actually look not-quite-so-pregnant in it! I tore the tags off and left the store wearing my new outfit.
We went to see Alexander...ok movie. Some parts were great, others were stupid and hard to follow. If you're considering it...wait until you can rent it.
Then we went to Target and registered for my baby shower. Mostly "necessities" like milk storage bottles, crib sheets, etc. I had a blast running around the store zapping what I wanted into the system.
Last order of business was to head to my grandmother's for Chocolate Dandy and socialization with my mom's family. Quite a day!
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