The Big 4-0

I can't believe how long it has been since I updated my blog. Can you say LAZY?? I always have great posts in my head but they never make it to the keyboard. I also have this hang up that I can't post without a picture. So I never do.

Anyway...I had the big birthday on Monday. 4-0. Forty. Or as it says on a piece of Flair a friend sent me on Facebook, I'm Thirty Ten. I like that! Next year I'll be Thirty Eleven.

Keith turned 40 in June. He said he didn't want a big deal made over his birthday, so being the good wife that I am, I listened. We thought maybe we would go somewhere to celebrate his birthday, our anniversary in August and my birthday in November. His birthday pretty much came and went without much fuss. Okay, without ANY fuss.

Fast forward a few months and he informs me I need to take off work the first week of November. Huh? He has a bunch of things lined up for my birthday. A BUNCH of things?? that wasn't the plan. Not to worry he tells me...something we both like, something I like, something he likes. Ummm...okay. I'm starting to feel a bit guilty....

About a month ago my oldest blows it and tells me we are going to the Steelers/Redskins game on my birthday (monday night football). This is an awesome present. Monday night football..on my birthday. I've never been to a professional game. This is the STEELERS! A friend I used to work with has connections and gets us awesome seats, club level passes and passes to get ON THE SIDELINES for pregame warmups. Close enough to the players to see their nose hairs (well not that close but almost). Way cool. That would be present enough. Keith also tells me that we are going somewhere the day before the game and then flying somewhere the morning after.

Day before the big football game arrives and we get in the car to go somewhere. That somewhere turns out to be the National Harbor in Md (not to be confused with the Inner Harbor) for a showing of Cirque de Soleils KOOZA performance. Amazing show. (if you go make sure you have $10 in cash for parking...if you don't get there close to show time so you hold up the line and they get frustrated with you and let you in for free). Show is followed by dinner at McCormick and Schmicks....YUM!

While we are away some of my wonderful friends trash my house with 40th bday decorations. TP in the tree the works. You can see the damage in my slideshow. Too bad my mil didn't hear them and call the cops ;-) All I can say is paybacks are a bitch.........

Birthday comes and we leave for the football game around 2:30 We ride with our friends, Mike and Janine and tailgate for a little while...Janine even had a cake for me. Steelers look like crap for the greater part of the first half of the game. They manage to get their acts together and kick the Skins butts. We get back to Ashburn around midnight and crash at Mike and Janines for a few hours since we have to be at the airport at FOUR am.

The rest of the trip deserves its own post......

Marcy