lance_sibley | So this is what 40 feels like.

It doesn't feel that different from 39, to be honest. :)

I'd like to thank everyone who has helped to make this a most enjoyable birthday. The first one I've enjoyed in quite a few years, actually.

The festivities started last night with dinner at the Hot House Cafe, with

rosemary_ca,

hi_co,

indydark,

cuteteenboy,

andromakie,

ferrio,

kairi_kiss, Declan-of-the-secret-LJ, Lisa and Irwin. (I think that was everyone. I hope I haven't forgotten anyone who was there...) I highly recommend the veal scallopini. (Actually, I highly recommend most of what they serve... I think this is the third time I've taken people there in the last year. Their menu is small, but the food is good.)

Following dinner, we made our way up to Fiddler's Green for karaoke, where I completely massacred the song "I'm With Stupid," because the DJ had the music turned up so loud that I couldn't hear myself singing. I think I did a little better later on with "History Repeating," mostly because I plugged one ear. (At least I know when I'm massacring a song, usually within the first two lines... unlike the woman who subjected us to "Hey Jude" in a seven-minute monotone.)

Most of the group had decided to head out by about 1, and it was down to just myself and

cuteteenboy until he decided that he had to leave in order to get home to Mississauga. We were walking down Yonge Street, towards Union Station, when he decided to call his friend Courtney in Calgary to ask her to look up the Mississauga Transit schedule online to find out if he could still catch a bus. Unfortunately, the last bus from the GO terminal to where he lives had already left, so we decided to go over to Pegasus on Church Street for one last drink - and so that I could still be partying at the precise moment I turned 40 (2:25 AM). We then caught a bus up to my place and he crashed here for the night.

Today there was a TCON Board of Directors meeting, which I thought started at 1, so I got up around 11:30. After showering and dressing, I was still experiencing the nagging feeling that the meeting was actually scheduled for noon, so I called

twiddler, who confirmed that it was, in fact, scheduled for noon. Oops. I managed to get there for 12:30 or so, and the meeting hadn't actually started yet, as people were still waiting for

ennisdl to arrive.

Partway through the meeting,

whitesangria got up and went into the other room, and a few seconds later, came back in with a chocolate cake, singing "Happy Birthday". So we took a break and all had cake.

Then after the meeting,

whitesangria,

ennisdl, Monique M. and I went to the Lone Star for dinner, where

whitesangria said to the waitress, "I'm going to be annoying and tell you that it's my friend's birthday." So when the staff brought my dessert they made me stand while they announced to the entire section of the restaurant that it was my birthday and proceeded to sing.

I have to admit, though... as embarrassing as it may have been, deep down I'm kind of an attention whore sometimes. ;) (First person who says "Sometimes?!" gets thwapped upside the head. :P ) And besides, before this weekend, I don't think I've ever been subjected to the ritual of having the restaurant staff and my friends serenade me. (I admit, though, I invited the whole thing by deciding to announce that it was my birthday. I could have kept quiet about it, but again... sometimes-attention-whore here. :) )

And next weekend, because there were several friends I would have liked to have spent time with who couldn't come last night, we're doing it all again. However, I'm decreeing... no singing. The restaurant staff might get a bit suspicious and wonder just how many birthdays I have. ;)

Again, thank you to everyone who made this weekend so much fun!

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