Birthday Recap

Greetings!! Today was John's 28th Birthday:

Unfortunately for him, I had the day off while he had to work. A co-worker played a fabulous trick on him, and told everyone it was his 30th [evil laugh]. When he got home at 4, we proceeded to have cake and presents!!







Since he'd already gotten his new laptop and tv, i just rewrapped them for him to open!

Afterwards, we embarked on the best birthday restaurant ever!!

Move over Chuck E. Cheese, the Nitty Gritty is known as the place to celebrate your birthday in Madison! When you arrive, they give you a special mug with a balloon tied to it, and you get free refills of beer or soda the whole time you're there!!!!



It's genious, at least 42 people were there for their birthday, and almost all of them had parties of over 10 people drinking and eating. Plus, you get to take the balloon and mug home with you!

On second thought, it was probably be a bad idea to take him there. Not that he doesn't appreciate a free beer, but his emphasis is on the free. He was determined to get as many as he could, and became increasingly bitter when he saw other birthday people wasting the opportunity by filling their mug with bud light.

"I guess not everyone has as refined tastes as me".



He was also presented with "the world's smallest sundae," and to give you an idea of how teeny it was, that's a petite sized spoon.



After 4 free beers for him, I was ready to go. Being the sober one can get annoying when you realize everyone else is definitely having more fun than you are. I had finally convinced him to leave, and we were almost at the door, when he turned and announced, "i want one more!"

We head back to the bar for the 5th and final freebie. Now folks, there is a tipping point in john's drinking where his talking/drinking ratio changes. He goes from being a quiet gulper, to a chatty sipper. It was the pint that never ended (although he swears it only took him 5 minutes, it's all lies).



And sadly, you can tell we're getting old because this all happened before 9:30, and we were home in time for Raymond.

Finally, here are a list of people who share John's Birth date:

Jerry Seinfeld
Bernie Madoff
Michelle Pfeifer
Daniel Day Lewis

(pretty good company...except for Madoff)