I came home yesterday evening to a very nice surprise, Lisa had
arranged a surprise belated birthday party for me. Lisa knew that I would guess a party in February (my
birthday month) because I threw one for her when she turned 30, so she
planned the event in April so I'd never guess.
My friends Anton and Greg
had taken me out for a beer after work last night while Lisa arranged
for everyone at the house. Anton had told me that he had to go home
early, so after happy hour I headed home. On the way home Lisa called
me and asked me to go to the store to pick up some bread. I thought it
strange that she'd call me at 7:30, when I had originally told her that
I was going to be out until about 10pm, but figured she was calling me
to leave a message for later. Later I found out that it was a ploy to
stall for time
because the guests hadn't yet arrived.
When I pulled into the driveway of the house it was like any other
evening. I already knew that our friend Eva had came to visit and her
car was the only one in the driveway, so I cruised straight into into
the garage. I got my first indication that something was happening when
I heard people from the garage. When I opened the door to the house I
spotted Katie - daughter of of our friends Debbie and John. I was confused
because I didn't see their car in the driveway. I then saw some more of
my friends from work, and it was then that I knew I was the subject of
a surprise party. I was half expecting everyone to say "April Fool!"
and then go home, but instead they wished me a happy belated 30th
birthday
.
The party was awesome, many of my friends were there, some that I
hadn't seen for a number of months. Lisa had done a great job with the
food, drink and the guest list, I felt so loved.
Anton and Greg arrived shortly after I did - they totally got me
Many thanks to everyone who came to help me celebrate turning 30. Also
I give my thanks to everyone who brought me gifts, I intend to get
official thank-yous out in the mail soon. Lastly, thank you to those
who wanted to attend but couldn't because of date conflicts, it means a
lot to me that you wanted to help me celebrate my birthday.
Top top off the evening a few of us watched
Triumph the Insult Comic
Dog - a puppet dog reporter who features on
Conan O'Brien's Late Show,
after the party had wound down (it's a Y chromosome thing).
A great start to the weekend
.