Birthday, Anniversary, Almost the End

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Only four work days left!

We’ve had good times since returning from the islands. We have celebrated an anniversary and a birthday, planned our summer a little more, and thought about the future a bit.

Our tenth anniversary happened on May 14. We got a baby sitter and went out for drinks and dinner all by ourselves! We had cocktails at a place called Palau. The tables there are covered with butcher paper and they give you crayons so we spent some time reminiscing about where we have come from and thinking about where we are going. We still don’t have any answers, but it was fun to think about.

After that we went to a Sushi restaurant. It was almost as if we had left Valencia for the evening. First of all, the place was empty at 7:30. The waiter had a big smile and greeted us warmly. He was attentive and gave us a big time for our anniversary, even treating us to a dessert. We had a really good just the two of us.

A week later was my fortieth birthday. One of my mothers brought in a cake and juice and all my kids sang Happy Birthday. They gave me more chocolate than I could possibly eat in this lifetime as well as posters and cards. It was fun.

The following Saturday we went out for a parilla (barbeque) at a local private park. There was a piñata filled with treats for young and old as well as good food, good booze, and many people wishing me a happy fortieth. It was a lot of fun.

School ends on Thursday. Then we are off to go rafting, travel through the Gran Sabana, camp in New York, and visit old friends in Seattle. We are excited and a little anxious to get out of the country for awhile.
MJR