My Birfthey

Oh man, so much to tell. We'll start with Sunday.

Both my and my dad's birthdays are this week, but he has to be in Germany all week, so we were planning on hanging out on Sunday before he had to leave. He picked me up, we at breakfast at MacDonald's (oh yes) and went to see Hostel 2 (oh no). Then on the way back, we stopped by the house and as I was walking in, BAM everybody jumps out and scares the crap out of me and yells SURPRISE! Everybody was there...my family, Nancy's family (including her Grandma which was awesome) people from work, even Amy's dog Vanyel (my best friend). It was crazy.

The cool part is realizing how much lying had to go into that to make it work. My dad told me the garage door was broken so we had to go in through the front. Jen told me we should do something on my actual birthday with their family since we "didn't have anything else planned." Mmhmm. Sure. I was planning on hanging out with Steven on Sunday, so when we told him I was hanging out with my dad, he's all like "oh that's ok, no problem" when he's really thinking "I hope he buys this." I had absolutely no idea. It was great. Nancy, Jen, and my mom, the masterminds behind it, really know their stuff. I always wondered how it would feel to have everyone pop out and surprise you like that. Now I know..it's not scary or anything like that. It's just really happy and exciting.

I had thought I wouldn't be opening presents until next Sunday (another lie) so since I got them last Sunday, I took my camera out yesterday and took pictures at Furman (a few are at www.flickr.com/photos/mcrittenden). I love it.

And today's the big day. The plan is to eat lunch with my mom and Nancy, work, eat a quick dinner at Nancy's grandma's house, and then hang out with my mom and Nancy (I dunno what we're gonna be doing, but it will have to be something that you can take good pictures of).

As for drinking, who knows.

My dad emailed us from Germany. He said they're eating like pigs but sleeping like insomniacs. He said they're around a lot of farmland and old looking German architecture. I wanna go someday.

That's it for now. Except for this guy who takes a pencil and makes coolness.

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