1) Sola. Julie dialed for her and then put her on, and she sang me Happy Birthday in her adorable voice. I told her "You're the first person to sing me 'Happy Birthday' today!" "Thanks...for saying that." Very, very cute.
2) Mom, calling to tell me she prayed all day that I'd have a good day, and that she is so proud of me. It was a short but sweet conversation.
3) Angela, giving me a Chuck Norris quote on my FB wall. "Team Chuck Norris can never be defeated. It will live on because Chuck Norris can never die."
4) The following IM convo with Neil:
Me: do you think tonight you could put microsoft office on my computer as well as the recording software?
Neil: HAPPY FRIGGEN BIRTHDAY!
Me: lol
Me: thanks
Me: ...is that a yes?
Neil: Yes! Because it's your birthday!
I also received cards from Mom, Grandma and Grandpa Benoist, and Jack's grandmother! And I got this shirt, which I love, from Julie:
So I went to work, learned about minipreps and a few other things. My boss, Chaomin, let me go early. Jack came to pick me up and we hung out at his place, windows open to the beautiful weather. He worked more on the puzzle (he is tireless) and I put music on my laptop and just generally relaxed. Then he showed me how to change the oil in his car, which turned out to be less complicated than I expected. Jack left to get gas, and I continued adding to my music collection. After 20 minutes or so, Jack still wasn't back, and I fell asleep. I'm not sure how long he was gone in total, but when he returned he had gotten his car washed (the inside is already immaculate :) ).
Then he busied himself getting very dressed up to take me out to dinner. I didn't know where we were going but I did know that he was wearing a suit, so that's exciting. He took me back to my place to get ready, and by the time we actually left for the mysterious restaurant we were both starving, which works out well. He drove a backwards, convoluted way so that I couldn't guess where we were headed, and it worked at first. Ultimately he had to drive past the actual restaurant looking for parking, and so I spotted it--Rivoli's! It's the same restaurant where we celebrated our anniversary dinner, and we both had really liked it.
Then he busied himself getting very dressed up to take me out to dinner. I didn't know where we were going but I did know that he was wearing a suit, so that's exciting. He took me back to my place to get ready, and by the time we actually left for the mysterious restaurant we were both starving, which works out well. He drove a backwards, convoluted way so that I couldn't guess where we were headed, and it worked at first. Ultimately he had to drive past the actual restaurant looking for parking, and so I spotted it--Rivoli's! It's the same restaurant where we celebrated our anniversary dinner, and we both had really liked it.
So we wined and dined at a corner table where we could sit next to each other and observe the rest of the restaurant. It's a very intimate, relaxed setting. We had great talks, including wondering whether or not you ought to tell your kids Santa is real, ha. When they brought out dessert (pineapple and raspberry sorbet with honey ginger cookies) they had one thin candle in it, and they *did not* sing me happy birthday--so it was the best of both worlds. :)
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