Aaron's birthday

This week has been a mystery bag of experiences. I've had to blindly reach my hand in not knowing if I'd get a bite or a prize. I'd say 8/10 have been of the negative sort, but a few stand out as prizes indeed, so I'll tackle those first.

This week was Aaron's birthday! I didn't buy him a present because he'd just treated himself to an X-box 360 & I didn't plan a party because he said he'd rather just celebrate it with me (awww:). I instead took him to his restaurant of choice: Tucanos. It was both Aaron & my first time there, but the experience was delightful. On the whole, I'm not a fan of meat. In fact, I'm currently contemplating a return to vegetarianism, but it'll be a slow transition. Well that was a thrillingl little rabbit trail, but back to Tucanos ;) The salad bar was fabulous, the grilled pineapple, to die for - seriously, best grilled pineapple ever, and even the meat was delectable even given my aversion to eat it. The best part of our experience, however, was definitely the birthday celebration. I, never being one to pass up a free desert, told our waitress first thing that it was Aaron's birthday, about 3/4 of the way through our meal, I hear drums banging around the corner. As the the drummers/tambourine players round the corner, I realize this is the grand birthday celebration. It gets better though. As they arrive at our table, our waitress says Aaron must dance for his desert. At this point I cringed a bit. Aaron does not dance in public & I knew he'd be reluctant, but he did a very good job & only gave me a mild chiding afterwards.

The second grand experience of Aaron's birthday celebration was at a new arcade/fun center in Orem. Up to a game he walks, slides his card, presses the button to start the game, and wins the jackpot first try. If that wasn't a birthday gift sent from above, I'm not sure what would be. We laughed & laughed for the entire 20 minutes it took to dispense all the tickets he'd won. For the first time ever, we had our pick of any prize & we really racked them in! Nothing could have made Aaron's day more than this single incident. I was so happy to see my baby so happy :)

As for the negative occurrences of the week, well, most of them involve my health - stomach, sinuses, etc. - all run a-muck. I'm just about sick of them & their insistence on malfunctioning. Something must change for the better. I'll try just about anything for it to.