Surprise 26

17 Jan
{birthday cards, and handmade coasters}

My birthday started nice and slow yesterday, with coffee and a few cards and packages from friends. The Intern surprised me with a very complicated printed schedule of mystery phone calls… the phone rang every 15 minutes with friend after wishing me a very happy birthday. Thanks to all my mystery callers, all 15 of you! The intern and I shared a nice little breakfast, and he kept casually insisting that I shower and get dressed…even though we had no plans to keep or schedule to follow. I thought we were going to the modern art museum, and maybe have a nice lunch or dinner somewhere, but what a fool I was. I’m very glad I followed the Intern’s instructions to get dressed (as he was oddly cleaning the apartment… on a Saturday morning….on my birthday…) because soon after I got dressed and announced that I was ready to go to the museum, the doorbell rang, and as i peeked out the door, I was shocked to see our whole gang of friends waiting to come in!

Friends and my lovely Intern got together with the most wonderful plan for a surprise birthday picnic brunch! Everyone came in with bags and treats, and got to work making grapefruit mimosas, bloody marys, and all sorts of other delicious brunch foods.

{Anne and Renee hard at work in the kitchen}
I think I was in shock as everyone got to work slicing fruit, mixing drinks, slicing blueberry cake, making mini quiches…The intern made a great birthday playlist, and I just wandered around in this very wonderful birthday surprise.

Very Happy Birthday. Thank you friends for making 26 a really, really good one.
This wasn’t even the end of my birthday. The Intern and I went downtown in the rain, and came back to our neighborhood for another little surprise I’ll share later!

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One Response to “Surprise 26”

  1. the intern January 19, 2010 at 7:08 PM #

    We're about to start Season 3 soon! Is that what happens? Oh my gosh!

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