So my 27th birthday was back on the 27th of September, meaning it was my golden birthday. The weather was pretty crappy (steady rain all day), but apart from that it was a pretty great birthday! I was sufficiently distracted all day by the birthday wishes coming in on facebook, email, and phone, and birthday lunch and coffee were nice breaks during the work day as well. 🙂
I got home to discover that someone Tracy & Adrienne had gone on a serious re-decorating binge in the house and my bedroom in particular. Somebody else Isaac had an extra spare key made just so they could do all this:
- Streamers on the front door
- Hannah Montana background on my MacBook (no, I didn’t have it password-protected)
- Hannah Montana piñata hanging upstairs
- Fuzzy cursive letters spelling out my name on my bedroom door
- Pink bed sheets
- Hannah Montana fake-silk pillowcases
- Stuffed animals on the bed
- Justin Bieber magazine and Hannah Montana diary
- Numerous posters of Justin Bieber, Twilight, or other “teen heartthrobs” who I didn’t recognize
- Streamers and balloons everywhere
- Trip wires in my closet and dresser that started playing songs (from greeting cards) when I opened them the first time
- A scavenger hunt of cards hidden all around the house (including in the fridge), but which I found in a haphazard order over the span of three days (because I found the “closet music,” which I thought was the end), purportedly leading to a gift of a Colorado guidebook (which I accidentally found while looking for something else two days later)
Here are some photos of the “re-decoration”:
Even though this sort of thing has been done to me before (for my birthday and April Fools), I was lulled into a false sense of security by nothing happening last year. So that totally took me by surprise.
I went to dinner at Otto’s with a few people (mmm, Blau Burger with Flying Squirrel Ale and Red Mo Ale…), and after dinner we made our way to Kildare’s, the new Irish pub in town, where a few more people showed up. It was a really fun night! 🙂
And yes, I remade my bed with my own sheets after I got a ride back from Kildare’s. I was not about to sleep in those pink sheets, especially since they felt like sandpaper. I have more pride than that, haha.
Thank you to all of you who helped make my golden birthday a memorable and good one!
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