Twenty-Six Today

Today I'm officially past my mid twenties. Eek! Feeling old.

I had a pretty good birthday weekend. I took Friday off, and spent part of the day helping Marc with getting his mom moved from the hospital to the new board and care facility she's going to be staying at. The place is really nice, and the lady who runs it is a nurse, so I think this place will work out nicely.

Marc and I then spent the afternoon running around doing errands separately. In the evening, we had some friends over to celebrate my birthday. We also got to meet Cynthia's new boyfriend (Bandit went Cujo on him when he tried to take a picture - a few treats later and they were good buds).

Hayden, Bill and Brenda's son, who is now 2, was really adorable. I guess he's seen Finding Nemo a few times, because the first thing he said when he got in our house and saw our fish tank was "Dory!" He really got attached to our fish too, saying "mine!" and hitting me on the butt when I was standing too close to the tank. Then when they were leaving, everyone was like, "Bye Hayden!" and he goes, "Bye Fishies!" and waves at the tank. It was sooo cute.

Bandit even got a few presents for his birthday (I also made him a rice and cottage cheese cake) - a few toys and a gift card to Petsmart, which will probably end up paying for yet another toy. :) (The gift card was from Cynthia, who also got me one, which will probably also go to toys, haha.) Marc and I got him a new leather collar and leash for his birthday.

I guess I've talked about my camera a lot, because I got a lot of gift cards to Best Buy, and I now have enough to buy the XT! Thanks everybody! I'm very excited. Supposedly some Best Buys have gotten the camera in stock, but I called every one in the Bay Area and none of them have it yet.

Marc and I didn't get to bed until 2 am. Whew!

Saturday was pretty laid back. I went herding with Bandit, and Jan showed me the new baby lamb they had. It was only a few days old, and adorable. It was like the size of a cat, this little brown thing with a white head with brown spots.

Sunday we had lunch with my family - I had lobster at this teppanyaki place. Kenny had bought me this HUGE balloon with a smiley face and a birthday hat. I took a picture - I'll post it tomorrow. They also got me flowers and a card, which was really nice. Kenny got me a stuffed Nemo, and Leslie got me an extra set of bongo drums for Donkey Konga. My parents gave me cash, woohoo! We went over to their house afterwards for some yummy cake.

All in all, I had a really good birthday weekend!