Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Happy Birthday to Me!

First off, I want to wish myself a Happy Birthday! This morning has been a great day, but it is still early and things could go south. Earlier, I was shocked when I checked my e-mails to find that I had received over fifty happy birthday e-mails, four deals about Viagra, and twelve people, who I don’t know, telling me that they are ready to accept my application and give me money!

I loved reading all of my happy birthday e’s, I deleted the Viagra bargains, and sent the twelve people each other’s addresses!

Before I could finish my first cup of Kona coffee, that Kinky had given me, my phone began ringing off the hook with friends calling to wish me a great fifty-sixth birthday and I enjoyed hearing from all of them, even though my ear is still aching!

Everyone tells me to switch ears when I’m talking on the phone, but I can’t because I am deaf in one ear— thanks to an Emerson, Lake and Palmer concert in Dallas, that I went to in the early Seventies.

Well, my (older) sister, Cindy, who lives up in Austin, just called and I took the call—even though my ear is still hurting. We have decided to meet tomorrow morning in Fredericksburg to shop and have lunch together! I can’t wait!

John just walked into the trailer and wished me a Happy Birthday and gave me a very nice present and then we talked dogs. After discussing the dogs, John told me that yesterday, when Carol Vail, one of our great volunteers, was out walking our dogs, she had found an arrowhead and was very excited about finding it.

“Carol told me that she loves arrowhead hunting and she is always looking at the ground instead of watching out for mountain lions or wild hogs,” John said. “When she told me that it was perfect, I asked to see it and it was, and that’s when I remembered the story about the joke that Ben had played on Tony last year. When Ben bought those fake arrowheads and secretly planted them for Tony to find! So, I asked Carol where she had found them and sure enough it was one of Bens! When I told her about Ben’s joke—she got a big laugh out of it.”

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