It's official. I'm old. Can't deny it any longer, though I don't have to act it! My birthday was on March 29, and look at all the people who came to my party! Never mind that it bears remarkable resemblance to the Capital 10k. That's Simone in the stroller -- Jennifer and Stepan's youngest daughter.
Michael made me a birthday cake, FROM SCRATCH. Not only was it his first real baking attempt ever, it was delicious! He decided that turning 40 was worthy of putting all the candles on the cake (noting that it conveniently used 2 boxes of 20 candles), but the first candles had almost completely melted by the time he got the last ones lit. Ah, another indicator of just how up in years I've become.
The Rihas spend the entire day with us, between the... ahem... birthday run/walk, birthday lunch, birthday dog walk at Walnut Creek, and birthday dinner. It was a very enjoyable day. We all got massages after the 10k, except Michael, who was likely covered in flour while baking my yummy cake. Nolan and Logan both thoroughly enjoyed their massages.
Puppy got to play in the creek for the first time, and he managed to keep up with all the big dogs. He slept very well that night. :)
And in honor of my remarkable achievement of hitting the big 40, I decided to buy something for myself. It's a metal sculpture of a bird on 3 flowers, made by local artist Barry George. Here's a close-up -- I'll post full a picture later when I have it in the garden. Happy birdie to me!
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