Today is my Birthday, duh duh duh duh DUM

All in all I had a great birthday today- blessedly uneventful and on one got hurt. I strolled into work around 11:30am, and went out for a birthday lunch with c0-workers and drank many glasses of wine and stumbled back to the office at 2:oopm. Sat and chatted up a few folks and then did some work and bombed outta there by 4:00pm. Now that's a work schedule I could get used to!

Then I went to dinner with the kids, my mom, and my honey, and we had a great time just chillin'. CC and T bought me cute little gifts and it's so cool that they picked them out themselves! They got me some funky shaving supplies, hand sanitizer (because nothing says love like killing 99% of germs on contact), and Nautica cologne. Eh, nothing earth shattering but I love that they went and bought it themselves for their dear ol' dad. Plus they were so sweet and said that for the whole day of my birthday I could be whatever age I wanted to be , so this year I decided to be 28. Yay me!

My mom got me a kick-ass HP photosmart 4-in-1 printer; I have no idea how she knew that it was exactly what I wanted, but she could have seen it in the BestBuy ad I accidently left at her house. You know, the ad that had the HP 4-in-1 Photosmart printer in it. With the big circle around it. In red crayon. With the little handwritten note next to it that said "Buy this for my birthday" and signed "your loving son".

Needless to say, I was shocked when I opened it. "How did you know?", I exclaimed. I tell you, it's like she can read my freaking mind! Scary.

My honey got me an awesome new navy pinstriped suit from Banana Republic, which is where I buy 99% of my stuff. When I die, I want to be buried head to toe in BR, just so you know. It came along with a nice pinstriped button down shirt and a light blue v-neck sweater, so it was quite the swanky ensemble. Of course, after all the food I inhaled today, the pants were a little tight on the ol' waist, so I have to wire my jaw shut for a few weeks so that they'll fit a little more comfortably.

Just so you know, I'm not a big fan of my birthday. It's just never been a big deal to me. But today was pretty much a perfect birthday, with the exception of my dad not being here. God, I wish he was still with us. Birthdays and holidays just make me miss the old man even more. So, at dinner tonight I ordered a bourbon manhattan - straight up, ice on the side, which was his signature drink, and it made me smile and think of him. And I realized that maybe my birthday doesn't mean a lot to me, but it meant a lot to him. And it means a lot to my mom. I'm their only child, so I'm all they got. I'm them, and they are me. So this year I'm a little more grateful because I know how much they love me, and how important this day was for them...just like CC and T's birthdays are so special for me. God, that cinches it...I really am getting old, I'm actually displaying depth.

But like my dad always said, "I might be old, but I'm still a goooooood lookin' guy!" :-)