My Birthday: part one: the day before

I kicked off my birthday on Saturday morning... yes... a day early. When I woke up... I realized that my clothes that I had washed the night before.... were in fact still wet. I groggily stumbled through the house... noticing that Ben had left the light on in the kitchen/dining room when he had left for work.

Now.. here is where I'm going to make us look a little lame. We had a poker party on New Year's Eve right? Well we had hung a HNY banner... well that we never took down. Why you ask? Well... honestly I have no idea why we have not taken it down... so yes...

I noticed said banner on the table... and thought it was kind of odd... that he would take it down, he must have got tired of looking at it right? I kept walking... then tossed my clothes into the dryer. I figured that I had a few minutes to pass before I could get dressed... so I sat down on the couch to check my email... that is when I noticed this..


I called him to thank him... then got dressed for work. I headed out the door... then found his next surprise...


He also filled my car with balloons and a blinkie "It's my birthday" pin... it was very sweet.

The rest of the day was uneventful... other than my allergies kicking my ass... by the end of the work day.. I was feeling pretty shitty. I had to buck it up though... I had a party to go to. A co-worker of mine is moving.. and we were having a going away party.

I jumped in the shower and headed out shortly after. We planted ourselves in the bar of the restaurant. I ordered my first drink almost immediately. After a hour of being there... I had downed three... and was feeling no pain.

Ben joined us shortly after.... he was there to pick me up after work basically.... no driving for Sierra. Needless to say.. I was giggly.. and kinda stupid. Buttttttttttt I had a great time... before I passed out when we got home.

I can only imagine the stories that will be told about me at work on Tuesday...