happy happy to me

that's what my niece used to call "happy birthday" when she was quite small. it's my happy happy to me day today. wish i could say it's been great but to be honest, i'm going on my second night of not enough sleep (completely self-inflicted) and i've been a crab-ass extraordinaire. blah! the day has gotten better as it's progressed, thank goodness! i got a great rendition of "happy happy to me" on my cell phone all the way from holland from my brother & sister-in-law. sil even said "happy birthday" in dutch! and they included birthday wishes from their son, who, as it happens, is having his happy happy to me day today, although he's only two, so i've got a bit of a head start on him. what good taste the dear little guy showed when he arrived on my birthday. can't think of a better pressie than that! and we're going to dinner at the naglee park garage with my sister and brother-in-law tonight. love the garage - such yummy food! and on saturday drew is taking me to dinner at the fanciest restaurant in capitola-by-the-sea, shadowbrook. i told him i think i'm going to have to go get a new dress to go to dinner at a place called shadowbrook. doesn't it make you think of a sweeping antebellum plantation or english country manors?

all in all, it's shaping up to be a tasty birthday. so much for the three pounds i've lost...