[recap]

Thursday:

My sister made it in, after picking up her boyfriend at the airport. we ate too much pizza and watched a bunch of tv. I think I got her hooked on brak, but she wasn’t buying what I was selling when I professed my love for committed. We hung out until 1am watching brak episodes and music videos on demand.

Friday:

We went to the mall. I bought a bright pink shirt. The cutest little woman waited on me. She was tiny enough to fit into my pocket. I love my new pink shirt. She looked at the shirt, looked at me, and then asked if I had the right size. I assured her that I did. She asked me if I was sure, and if I wanted to try it on. I told her it was fine. “okay,” she shrugged. I think she was calling me a fat ass. Fisticuffs almost broke out. I then changed my mind on how cute she was. After that I did some shopping for ms. K’s birthday. We were born two days apart and our mom’s were in the hospital at the same time. We were even in the same nursery together as newborns. I always say that it was destined for us to meet ten years later and become best friends.

After the shirt purchase, we headed to lunch. Luigi’s, heaven. Every time I go there I feel like the dude from seven who ate himself to death with spaghetti. The pasta sauce is so good. Like there is no way to even describe it good. And the salad is amazing. It was my pick since we were celebrating my birthday. We’re going to try and hit it up again Friday night for dinner with the gang. It’s always a pain to get into on the weekends, so we’ll see.

While my mom was buying a new couch, my cousin called me to let me know they were going to the mall. I told her that we were there, and then sent her to another mall. She was in town from Michigan for my mom’s surprise 60th birthday party we were throwing on Saturday. She said she wanted to call me first to make sure we wouldn’t be running into her. My sister’s boyfriend almost blew it for us later in the evening when he suggested going to dinner at the restaurant that was next to their hotel. The restaurant that my aunt and three cousins were in that same night. When my sister and I gave him our patented look of death, he knew he needed to quickly come up with another place.

After dinner we just hung out and watched a few episodes of what not to wear. We called it an early night because we knew Saturday was going to be stressful leading up to the party.