April

April is a huge birthday month for me.  So much so that I don't think I can support another friend whose birthday even borders this month.  Seriously, here's the list:

• Dad
• Sister
• Niece
• TWO cousins
• Companion Cube
• THREE Good friends

All those people suffer present-wise because I, well, because I panic sometime around March about all the birthdays I have to shop for and then end up getting crappy stuff or nothing for most of them. It's sad really.   So, please no more Aries!   And now that I think about it, those in late March and early May get hosed too.

But speaking of birthdays, I did score one great present this year at least. I got the Companion Cube a trip to Colorado for his birthday. We're going to The Overlook Hotel and doing the ghost tour and probably skulking around the National Park.  We're going this Friday!  I can't wait. It's going to be awesome.

The giving of the gift was pretty sweet too. I had been talking up the present I got him for about two weeks when his birthday came rolling around. I had purchased a copy of the book and, taking my friend Christy's idea, made a bookmark that had "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" typed repeatedly down the front. Then smack in the middle, I hid the details of our trip.  He unwrapped the book and although he was very nice, you could tell he was a little disappointed that this book was what I had been talking about for two weeks.  Ha!  I love it when a(n evil) plan comes together.

I wonder if it'll be spooky. I kind of hope it will, but then again, I kind of hope it won't.

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