Pretty Good Birthday

Woke up before I should have this morning. I got up to use the bathroom and heard my father wandering around downstairs and the dog was whining, so I decided to stay up. That was a bad idea. I was groggy all day. LOL!

First thing done once mom got home from the store was to open presents. I got a purple nightgown, which I was in horrible need of. Got two new nutcrackers to add to my collection, and they were good ones. One was a Santa coming out of a chimney and the other was a gingerbread man! They are so cute! I'll get pictures up here eventually. Got antlers to wear to work and they blink and all! My yearly Hess truck (yes, I collect the Hess trucks). And the funniest gift ever... a big red nose and a set of antlers to put on my car! LOL! I haven't put them on yet, but I want to get out early tomorrow and put the nose on the grill. I can't put the antlers on until I leave the highway. I saw someone on the highway with them today, but the box says, "Not for highway use" and you know, with my luck, I'd either lose one or it would break. Got a $100 gift card for gas, which will come in handy since I'm low on cash now with the holidays. And Lily got me a $45 gift card for the place I get my pedicures, so that should cover two pedicures. :)

We went to the art museum for the "Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism" exhibit. It was pretty good. I was way groggy during it (which is weird. I was groggy for this special exhibit and sick for the last one. I'm cursed for special exhibits). But I discovered a few things during the tour:

1. I really don't like Monet.

2. I do really like Daubigny.

3. I really need to get to the eye doctor.

I was having an awful time reading the cards next to the paintings. Normally I would attribute that to my groggy state as being tired really messes with my eye sight. But I added that onto the fact that I can't see the front sight on my rifle anymore. I think it's time to hit the eye doctor.

Came home and I watched some TV, then we went to Xanki for dinner (Japanese). Got stuffed beyond belief there. Came home and found out my father had bought sushi while we were there and snuck it home so I could have it later. :)

Had an ice cream cake. Always love the ice cream cake. LOL!

So it was a pretty good birthday, really. Sitting here on the internet drinking strawberry tea and reading the massive amount of "happy birthday" emails from forums. I am a member of far too many forums. I only regularly visit two of them, but I got emails from 12 gun forums, 1 bellydance forum, 1 gardening forum, 1 debate forum, and 1 other I don't recall.