It’s ten days later, I realize that I forgot to tell you how awesome my birthday was this year. Stacey and Dan got me Dance Dance Revolution and a Dance Pad and gave me their old XBox machine. So I can play Dance Dance Revolution anytime I want without having to pump tokens into a machine.

As soon as I opened the present, I knew that we had to play it right there at Mom and Reed’s house. We set it up and hooked it up to Reed’s larger than life mondo big screen TV. At first, only Mike and I were willing to play the game, but soon Stacey, Mom and even Reed tried it. You should have heard Dan curse Reed when he finally gave in. “Traitor!”

My birthday at Mike’s parents’ house was much more sedate. I got a bunny candle from Kristen. I’m so glad that Mike’s mom lets her pick out gifts on her own. A bunny candle is SO Kristen. Matt and Mel gave me Matrix Revolutions. I have the complete set now: the three movies and AniMatrix. Cool…

On my actual birthday, Mike and I had a quiet evening together. He made me jambalaya and gave me another XBox game, Now 15 and some beautiful, handmade glass stars to go in the living room windows. I refused to buy them at the store a couple of months ago and he remembered and found two that were the right color for me.

I think the best gifts that I got this year is that Kristen is healthy and able to pick out a present for me, we all played Dance Dance Revolution together and Mike made me the best jambalaya ever with lots of spicy sausage. Thanks for a wonderful birthday this year, guys!