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Because a friend of mine was out of town last Friday, we all decided to skip celebrating my birthday until she returned so we could all be involved. I’m glad we did that.

Between last week’s general suckitude (some bad news mixed with the expensive truck repairs) and my lack of excitement of rolling the Willfe odometer to 30, it turns out it was a fabulous week not to celebrate my birthday

This afternoon my friends took me to dinner. There were jokes about a repeat of last year’s R.J. Gator cream pie to the face debacle (though in that picture they took of my gibbered face, my buddy in the background had an absolutely devilish grin on her face that made the whole thing worth it ), but mercifully we just went to a cozy dinner at a tasty local restaurant (Longdogger’s, if anyone’s curious).

Then, later on at their place as we ate some chocolate cake, they spontaneously busted out in song and plopped a brand new (very, very nice) laptop bag on my lap. Within were a pair of books I’ve been itching to read (including Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon … yes, I hang my head in shame for being a geek/nerd who hasn’t read any of his stuff yet) and a gift card to snag the next book in the series started by the other book I was given today. The card was spiffy, too. Dirty socks rock!

The new laptop bag is all leather, well padded, and expandable (like an accordion of sorts), and is a perfect fit for my laptop. It’s “quieter” than the Targus bag it replaces, and it strikes me that this thing will hold up very nicely in the coming years. Lots and lots and lots of pockets, yet somehow it stays small. I love it

My thanks to my buddies for such a spiffy and thoughtful set of gifts, the tasty dinners (we sneaked one in Friday while S was away), and tonight’s yummy dessert