it's official, i'm old

my birthday was Friday and i decided to have a party on Saturday. we started out at the main event for a couple of hours of bowling and then some games after that. here's me and mike playing dance dance revolution. (i won)
then we went to papacitos for dinner, it was great.
they even sang happy birthday to me. after that we went back to my place and watched ghost rider and popped some popcorn. it was a fun day. i think the best part was that i got to blow out candles 3 times; the first time was at work, Rebekah brought me cupcakes with candles in them , and then she brought a cake for me to the bowling alley, and then again when they sang to me at the restaurant. i got alot of meaningful gifts too, it was alot of fun.

nora jones

while i was in the desert Mike told me that he was taking Denise to see Nora Jones when we got back. i thought that sounded like fun and after a few emails to Rebekah we were going too. she played at Jones hall, a perfect location for her, i don't think the show would have been as good if it had been somewhere else. it was totally worth dragging butt at work all day!

hot chocolate ass

a couple of years ago i had gone to my folks house to celebrate Christmas. my mom had gotten a small water cooler that dispensed hot and cold water, and she had a chocolate syrup pump next to it for making hot chocolate. after my brother and i tried it he said "this tastes like ass", and i said "yeah, hot ass", and he said "hot chocolate ass!" so, i was in Tommy's office and he was talking about how hot it was and he said "hot ass" and it reminded me of this story and i said , out loud, "hot chocolate ass" just as the new girl walked in behind me, oh yeah, did i mention that she's black? and she looked at me and said "who's hot chocolate ass?, my hot chocolate ass?" "you don't even know me and you're talking about my hot chocolate ass" eye witness accounts say that i was as red as a beet.

best week ever!

have you ever seen the show best week ever on vh1? they talk about famous people and how they had the best week ever. well, this is a chronicle of my best week ever!



the week started out great because i got home from Iraq. this is a picture of everyone enjoying a beverage in Ireland. it was fun for everyone to be able to relax and let their guard down.

then the next day the week got even better when i met my new niece Sukura. 8lbs 4oz. the nurses asked my sister why she waited until she was grown to have her. i might be biased but she is very cute. i got her a onesie that says "my uncle is cooler than yours".
Rebekah's birthday was on the first and i took it upon myself to decorate her office. she was so excited when she saw it she called me and woke me up to tell me about it, which made it all worth while.
Friday night i went with Mike, Denise, and there friend Marci went to see a band called the Spazmatics. they do 80's covers. they were so much fun.
while they were singing "Hey Mickey" they had all the girls get up on stage, here's Denise and Marci getting down.
i took Bek out to get her nails done for her birthday.
and i got mine done too.
after that we went to outback for dinner. there was a guy going around doing balloon animals and i had him make a flower for Rebekah, which she enjoyed.

on Tuesday i went to see Fergie! Rebekah got 2 tickets for upgrading her phone plan and her neighbor gave her the 2 that he got, but unfortunately she couldn't come...
so Marci came instead. someone made fun of me for going to see Fergie, then i showed them this picture and they stopped. i don't know when I'll see her again, but i had fun for the night.
i was also finally able to get the spokes put back on the wagon. i forgot the attention that those rims draw.
I'm turning 30 (the bog three oh) Friday and i got a popcorn maker so i can have folks over for movies that night.

so that's my best week ever, actually it was more than a week, but it was the best time in my life. i got to play with my cars and hang out with my friends and dance with pretty girls. and I've lost 20lbs in the last 2 months so i feel great too.