29 x 6

Ah yes, another year bites the dust. I know, how many times can one person turn 29? I will let you know... Last-last Saturday, the girls took me out for my birthday. I wanted to keep it simple and low key so we headed to one of my faves... Mama D's in Manhattan Beach. We got dinner, then went over to the Side Door for drinks, then tried dancing at Beaches (the DJ was booty so we left shortly thereafter), and then more drinks at Towne. All in all, a fun night. Any time I'm with the girls, it's a fun night.

Once they shut down Towne, we decided we were done, but on the way home, stopped at Diana's for a wet burrito and tamales. Nothing like a burrito and tamales at 1 am. That's right. 1 am. Not too late eh? Sadly, I am so old that on Sunday, I was still rendered useless. I attribute part of it to the fact that I had been travelling Thursday to Saturday. I manage to hit Seattle and SF in those days. I was lucky enough to spend some time with my favorite chubster, Charlotte. She's such a good girl!

Then, this past weekend, was of course, Thanksgiving. It was the usual. Lots of shopping the day after. On Saturday I went to Detroit (the bar, not the city) with the guys. The music was just so-so, therefore we took off and got 3 rolled tacos. I know. Not the way to lose 10 lbs. However, I did pick up DDR for my Wii on Sunday and have been playing it as a form of exercise. The first few levels were so easy, and then they start throwing in hand gestures and stuff like that, which I must be doing wrong as it's not registering with the game. However, they don't provide examples as to how to do them correctly either! Well, I've got a hand gesture for you! Now, I just shut the damn "hand markers" off. I nearly beaned myself with the nunchuck cord a couple of times, so I figure it's safer this way for now.

And finally... tonight my parents took me out for a birthday dinner. I wasn't really expecting one, as it is a Monday (plus Dancing with the Stars finale was tonight), but we went for a quick dinner anyway. I ordered a wine and didn't get carded. Good thing she was a really good waitress, because her tip nearly went out the window right there. I got some e-cards, e-mails and text messages from friends and relatives so I feel very loved. I even got THE funniest phone call tonight from a friend, EH, who was inputting numbers into a new phone, and his gf wanted to confirm that I was just a friend. Talk about hilarious! I hardly hear from this guy (though I did just run into him recently), and then I get a call on my birthday. I'm thinking, "Wow - he actually remembered? I didn't even think he knew when my birthday was!" Well, he didn't know it was my birthday, he was just getting permission to keep me in the phone. I even had to talk to the girlfriend. bahahahaha. BEST birthday present ever. I'm still laughing. bahahahaha. Of course, I had some wine with dinner and was a litle giddy, so I was totally giving him sh*t. I get to hold that one over his head for YEARS. =D