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My 30th birthday bash
July 21st, 2008Although its been several weeks since my 30th birthday party, its also been a long time since I've posted on here and I figured this would be a fitting 'return' to my blog... 
So catie and my mom got the idea a while back to setup a surprise party at my mom's house for my 30th birthday party, which was an especially awesome idea because my parents just finished decorating their amazingly-beautiful new pool!
Catie and I drove out there the day of the party for what I thought was just dinner with immediate family. I was extremely surprised to see in my parents' driveway a bunch of cars I only vaguely recognized, and when we went inside I was surprised to see friends and family from out of town, in addition to those living locally!
It was something that I really wasn't expecting, and it caught me off guard enough to make me tear up. Now when I say I got teary-eyed, you have to understand that not only was I not expecting all this, as I explained to Catie later, I really don't think of myself as someone whom friends would go to such lengths to do something like this for. So for me, this whole thing was kind of a big deal... Another super-cool thing was that I got a bunch of great gifts from family and friends, mostly in the form of book store gift cards! Do you all know me, or do you know me? 
Although it rained for a little while that evening, we had so much fun with great food (mom put together a full mexican buffet!), karaoke, and pool time after the rain passed. It was an absolute blast that I will never forget.
I didn't have a chance to do it yet to everyone individually, but I want to take the time now on here to say 'thank you' to all of you that came that day, because I really appreciate it so much from the bottom of my heart.
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