Birthday Wrap-Up and a Little Old Lady

Well, it was a good birthday. On Friday Todd took me out to lunch and then I went to crop in Indianola with Jen and the ladies. It was fun, but I pooped out at 11 pm because I was tired and my ankles were swollen up like tree stumps. The store owner kept telling me to get those feet up! Saturday my parents came down. We did some shopping and they took us to Johnny's Italian Steakhouse for my birthday dinner. Very tasty. We had a calamari appetizer and I had Veal Sinatra, which was veal with crab and shrimp. It was very good, and Todd loved his meal. Jackpot! Todd got me a purse and overnight bag, and my parents got me some really cool chenille thongs and a pedicure at Bella Day Spa, so I am set. Thank you to everyone for the cards, calls, and gifts.

Today we went out for breakfast, which was a little bit of ordeal. IHOP and Perkins were both on a really long wait, so we finally ended up at Baker's Square. It was really good, fast, and the server was great, but when we came out, there was trouble. The car next to us had parked diagonally in their spot, so Todd couldn't get in the driver's side of our car. Todd had the manager go table to table to find the owner to move their car. When the owner came out, it was sad. It was this tiny little old lady. It took her a while just to walk to the car, and then she backed it out. 2 feet, brake, 2 feet, brake, another 2 feet, then brake. She finally got it out so we could get in. My 90 yr old grandpa could outrun her. Poor lady. I can't imagine how she got down Merle Hay alive to get to breakfast in the first place.

This afternoon we had to go sign some papers (see next blog entry) and I am lazing about. I have to go to KC for three days tomorrow for work, and I am not looking forward to it. We go every year, and we always can't figure out how to get to I-35 from the hotel. We can see I-35, but we can never figure out how to get over there. Also, we usually wander around the parking garage dragging our suitcases for at least 20 minutes because we either can't figure our how to get to the hotel entrance, or we can't find the van. This year it will be worse because they closed the big bridge on I-35. Fun. And, the meetings are super boring and after sitting around all day, my ankles will be like stubs! Enough whining. At least we get to stay at a Westin.