Friday, August 26, 2005

Surprise! (sort of)

On Wednesdy, the 24th, i turned 40.  The big 4-0.  Doomsday.  Black Wednesday.  The demarcation line between young and old, it seems.  Over the hill, as it were.

My beautiful wife sprung a surprise party for me at work that afternoon.  Most of my staff attended, and well as some other friends at the office.  Caroline & David got to come.  But the big surprise was that my parents and sister flew in from Texas to celebrate the event with me.  That was really cool.

I actually knew about the party itself.  Someone at work accidentally included me on an email with the secret.  They quickly tried to cover the mistake with a ruse to get me out of my office, so someone could sneak in and delete the email from my computer, but i had already read it.  Nevertheless, i played along with the ruse, and didn't let on that i knew anything.  But i didn't know who all would be there, so there was still some element of surprise involved.

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