It's My Birthday

Well folks today marks my 32nd year in this world (at least in this lifetime) and while I'm not that big into birthdays I have already had a great celebration. When Jimmy asked what I wanted for my birthday my response was "romance and seduction." With Jimmy's busy work schedule and an almost 18 month old "romance and seduction" are not in our everyday repertoire. Jimmy tried to play dumb and acted like he didn't know what I meant but in the end he came through with flying colors.

We drove to my parents' house in MI for Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving morning while Jimmy and I were sitting on the couch relaxing, he turns to me and says "I was thinking about surprising you with a trip to New York for your birthday but I thought it would be too much." At first I didn't believe him but then I was slightly annoyed because he should have kept that to himself. Then he asks "would you have liked that?" to which I respond "uh...yeah." "We can still go," he says as he starts looking for flights on his iPad. Long story short, we flew to New York City early the next morning leaving Carter behind in the loving care of his grandparents.

We stayed at the Double Tree in Times Square which was the perfect location for sites and shopping. We spent most of the day Friday shopping and walking up and down 5th Avenue. The streets and stores were packed as was to be expected. I couldn't imagine having a child(ren) in all of that. I would be afraid of losing them. I almost lost Jimmy. I had to hold on tight to his hand just to make sure we didn't get separated. After I found a cute outfit to wear for dinner that night we headed back to the hotel to change and meet up with my little bro Clinton and friend Freddie. We ate dinner at an Asian Fusion restaurant called the Ember Room. So delicious. We had Chocolate Ribs, Deep Fried Oysters, Korean BBQ Beef Fried Rice, and more. Then, stuffed, we walked over to 48 Lounge, which was a cool lounge with super-expensive ($15-17) drinks (welcome to NYC). From there we headed to Taj II where a friend was hosting a party. Mind you, I had been up since 5:15 am and was exhausted. Jimmy teased that I'd be ready to crash by 10:30 pm but I said I wanted to hang at least until midnight. So as soon as midnight hit I politely whispered to Jimmy that I was ready to go. We left Clinton and Freddie to party the night away and called it a night.

Saturday, we slept in a bit, grabbed a quick Starbucks breakfast, did some last minute shopping in Soho ( such a cute area) and then headed to Busker's bar to watch the U of M v. Ohio State football game. A fellow Michigan alum hosted the viewing party so there were plenty of Wolverines to cheer on the team. Jimmy was talking a lot of mess but in the end his negativity wasn't enough to derail the team and we beat Ohio State for the first time in 7 years. Go Blue!

The victory was a fitting end to the trip and after the game we headed to the airport. We got back to my parents' house just before 10 pm and Jimmy being the machine he is decided to drive back to Indy that night. We packed up Carter and hit the road. We got home just before 2 am. The last thing I heard Jimmy say was "I'm not even tired" followed by his snores. We had the perfect Sunday at home watching football all day.

I had a great weekend with family and friends and can truly say that ROMANCE IS NOT DEAD!