omg best birthday ever

And the best is yet to come!

Highlights! (please step carefully to avoid being impaled by the !!!s)

- woke up to awesome e-cards!!
- first phone call of the day: Sarah!!
- presents and cards! waiting in my office!!
- Jeff (who rules every day but twice as much on my bday)!!
- slew of phone calls from loved ones!!
- slew of e-mails and LJ-posts of bday wishes!!
- lunch at one of my favorite restaurants (Sofrito Rico in Ballard)!!
- post-lunch surprise-thingie from office mates with flowers and card and cake!!
- the insanely amazing cake Pete picked up from Simply Desserts (half chocolate, half white chocolate with strawberries)!!

I know Seattle is casual, but I wanted us to dress up a little bit for tonight. And Jeff cleans up awful pretty. He even wore the dark red pullover I got him last year because he knew it would make me shriek with delight. And his card is awesome --a rare shot of Buffy and Brutus rubbing noses in friendship (vs the standard of Buffy slapping Brutus around and Brutus looking confused). Jeff got me the Why Paint Cats book which I have not been able to stop gazing at, except for briefly when I stopped to gaze at the phenomenal All-Clad stockpot he got me. (Oh the soups I will make, and now easily puree with Amy's immersion blender). I've wanted this stuff for so goddamn long, it's almost inconceivable that they are mine mine mine! (I will be using the immersion blender this weekend for sure!)

I think my friends know I like to cook.

I'm really excited about dinner. I can't wait to try the French champagne I brought back and I hear Marjorie's wine selection is excellent (and the new Beaujolais came out today, apparently!). (Note to self: must lock down any drunk-posts later on.)

Of course it's impossible to even think about doing work now. C'est impossible!!

I have the energy and attention span of a toddler. And what's nice is --it's helping me not feel quite so old. (In spite of Jeff's opening comment this morning: Happy Birthday! You're half-way to 70!)