The sum of all things

And so my birthday weekend comes to a close. It had all the makings of a classic Hollywood flim. Intrigue, panic, drama, musical numbers, more intrigue, tears, consolation, sushi, make-up, chill time, a walk by the shore and a cliffhanger ending. How I fit all of that into two days... well, even I'm impressed.

Bottom line, it was a good weekend. I spent Friday night discovering that I'm not the great singer I'd thought I was, but laughing my ass off and reveling in the love of my friends regardless. I still can't believe a) how badly I beefed "Careless Whisper" and b) how good Mike was at "My Band" by D12.

And there was this tragic event where the present that my wonderful boyfriend and friends had to contrived to get from me (via Anchorage, Memphis and Winnipeg... this is all I know of it) decided it didn't want to come to the party and took off in a cab... by itself. Kudos for it and its enterprising spirit, I suppose. However, it's still out there, having a grand ol' time, so if it, or the cab driver holding it for me, would like to turn it in at the office of his respective cab company and have that cab company call me back so that I can take possession of it, that would be pretty cool. Otherwise, we'll all give thanks to the god of insurance protection on credit cards and see if this present's twin would like to make its way to Toronto and hang out with me. 'Cause I, for one, and just dying to know what they heck this thing is.

Saturday was spent napping, consoling the gift giving strategist, cold calling cab companies and watching Return of the Jedi. M's mother and step-father took M and I out for sushi, gave me some new make-up and a shiny, sexy new stainless steel toaster and then M and I spent the rest of the night watching my newest television obsession CSI (I was away for a couple of years, I missed all of this). I'm so happy to have discovered this show and discover that it's on Spike TV, like, all the time. Yay!

Sunday M and I went down to the lakeshore for a walk. There I leaned that I am not a afraid of birds that are in the water (It's all about the baby steps) and that M can make a Swan hiss. Pretty cool. Sunday afternoon had me hanging the beautiful mirror my sister made for me and re-organizing and filing things. Really anal rententive, obsessive-compulsive type stuff. I can now report that pretty much everything is in its proper place and damn do I feel good about it.

So, I'm all 28 now and it's pretty cool. Life keeps getting sweeter and sweeter. Thanks to everyone for making this weekend and this birthday a great time. I have the best friends and undoubtedly the best boyfriend in the world. Lucky me!

Today's sing-a-long song: "More" by Bobby Darin

HRH