Seeing Stewart work so hard on the blog has made me feel guilty…so I write yet another entry (only my 2nd?). This was actually an exciting week for me because it was my 31st birthday. Woo. (sense the excitement…) Actually I’m not at all worried about being 31 because I’m in a really good place right now with my life. I have a husband with whom I couldn’t be more in love with if I tried, and a job that makes me very happy. My friends and family are all happy and healthy so things are good.
That said, I had a great birthday as well. My actual birthday was on Saturday, which was nice. Saturday I woke Stewart up early to make him give me my present. (He had talked it up all week…)
Let me interject here that Stewart is the BEST present giver in the world. Ever since we first met way back in 2001, he has always given very thoughtful, and appropriate gifts. For example: When we first met, I was OBSESSED with Lance Bass from *NSync. Apparently I was the LAST to know he was gay, but oh well. The very first present Stewart ever gave me (other than mix tapes) was the Lance Bass “Barbie” doll. Oh yes. Stewart actually went into a store and PURCHASED this item for me. Anyone who knows me knows I LOVED it, but that’s how far he’s willing to go! Example #2: One of my favorite books of all time is A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. Stewart and I never really talked about this, but I had mentioned it once, and he LISTENS! For my birthday one year he was living abroad but saw that Dave Eggers was there signing his new book. He went, waited in line, and got me a PERSONALLY autographed copy of the book. See? Thoughtful and amazing. Last year Stewart set the bar VERY high for himself for my 30th. The Amazing Race is my all-time favorite show. Accordingly, Stewart set up a WHOLE day-long amazing race for me. It came with clues, challenges, obstacles and surprises. Suffice to say it was the best day, but knowing how much time, thought and care went into planning it made it even better. Trust me, Stewart has gift giving down to a science.
So this year, as usually, he nailed it. I love the show True Blood on HBO, and had casually mentioned that I was dying to read the books that the show is based on. Well, Stewart went and bought me the whole box set. He just that good. It must run in the family, however. Stew’s parents not only sent me an AWESOME gift, but got it to me, from Australia, with weeks to spare!!! I also got a text from my in-laws, and a call from my brother-in-law from Australia to wish me a happy birthday in person. It totally made me day J I have the best family.
After gift giving I got birthday breakfast at my favorite breakfast place the Metro Diner. Then we lounged around the house as I proceeded to read almost the entire first book of my new series. Then I had to play tennis, which I love. I was supposed to take bananas to the match but ran out of time (that book is a page turner), so Stewart volunteered to bring them up to the match. We were about to start when he showed up – so everyone from both teams was standing there. He handed me the bananas and announced, “You all know it’s her birthday today, right?” So of course people proceeded by making a big deal out of it, and then I won my match. All was well.
Tennis was followed by a brief bit of shopping (a new $40 dress to wear to dinner), followed by dinner at my all-time favorite restaurant Ruth’s Chris, followed by a grown-up cocktail at Bistro-Aix and then home to bed, as I was exhausted. A great day.
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