I had a really nice birthday despite the fact that I’m officially 29 years old. I didn’t get up to or into any trouble. It was a sedate and laid back, just right for someone approaching 30. The older I get the more I appreciate the little things like phone calls from family and friends. I got a few gifts from Jody including some nice clothes I am in dire need of. She has learned that dark colors are good for guys with burgeoning pot bellies.
Friday started off with our HR manager (who was born 2 days before me) bringing some cupcakes and a birthday card signed by everyone in the office. That was a nice surprise. I always like seeing what different people say and how they write since you rarely see anyone’s handwriting anymore now that we have email and instant messaging, ad nauseum.
Saturday I didn’t do anything much other than hang out with Jody at the library while she worked the reference desk. I like to go there and read the business periodicals like Business Week and the Wall Street Journal. It keeps me from buying them myself and it always gives me a lot of good ideas about what companies to follow and invest in as well as experience and advice from people who have started successful companies. One day, I would like to start a business and grow it into something nationwide. Freelancing just doesn’t scale very well since I can only take on as much work as I can handle myself. After Jody got off work, we went and saw “V for Vendetta”. I thought it was pretty good, although heavy-handed and cheesy.
Sunday we went over to my Aunt’s house to drop off a birthday card for my cousin who has the same birthday. It also allowed us to visit with my grandparents who were passing through Dallas in their RV on the way back from one of their jobs with the Volunteer Christian Builders. Since they’ve retired they travel around the Texas and surrounding states building churches and living on the road. They really love to do it. We weren’t able to stay very long since we had to meet Jody’s brother and sister-in-law back at the house to go to the Mavericks game. The game was a lot of fun, especially since Dallas won. I haven’t been to a basketball game since I was a kid, so I was comparing the experience with when I used to go to see the San Antonio Spurs with my dad and brother so long ago. As Jody pointed out, everything looks so much smaller in real life than on tv.