Birthday: Part 2

Today was the celebration of my birthday for real, because we no longer had tons of work hangig over us and so we could laugh and have fun. My parents came down Friday night and we had dinner and laughed and talked about the dramas and tramas of trying to get into law review. We saw the 4 minutes of fire works the state fair puts on at night; literally 4, I'm not making this up. After they dropped me off for the night I watched TV for 2 hours because I was so excited that I had time to.

I was a little bitter when morning came, but seeing as how my parents got woken up by the hotel fire alarm when one of the employees burnt toast, I really had a pleasant wake up experience. I went and met them at the hotel, and we had a nice breakfast, then bought Stephanie a vegan brownie and vegan carrot muffin so she could enjoy dessert with us later at dinner. We picked her up and began wandering about, grabbbing for-sale flyers from homes in the cute neighborhood. Then we went to the park to see the birds, but we found this one duck with fishing line around its leg, and the leg was really swollen and cut where the line was, and the bird couls hardly walk, and clearly did feel good. Stephanie sacrificed some of her muffin to lure it closer, and mom and I tried hard to catch it, but it flew away and wouldn't come back, so we had to let it go. Sooooo sad.

Next, I showed them where I will be keeping my horse, and then we wandered about the countryside, until dad stopped for gas and Stephanie and I raided the huge AM/PM Mini Mart. We had a blast, and with some additional items from my dad, we spent 16 dollars. Two blocks later we stopped so I could check out the local tack store, and Stephanie and I decided we have to move out so we can take Daisy.

Eventually, we ended up in PetsMart on the other side of town, looking for a rat cage, but it was too big for the car, so we decided to buy Manky two mice instead. On the way home we tried to put them in their new cage, but discovered that they could fit right through the bars. Boy was that exciting! Then we laughed so hard we cried, and the phone rang, anf it was Manky who was mad becuase she thought we'd abandoned her even though she set the whole day aside for me, but really we just couldn't go get her because the car was full and we didn't want her to know my parents were here so she'd skip out on dinner. Sorry Manky! The mice turned into a nice apploogy though.

We had a great dinner at PF Changs, with a cute waiter, yummy drinks, and good conversation. My mom had an diet coke, two mixed drinks, hot green tea, and a glass of wine. When the waiter asked her how she was she said, "I'm drunk!" It was cute. Then my parents said goodbye (sad), and we headed off to trade vehicles to go back to the pet store before we made it to the movie. Manky saw her new children, and Stephanie bought a hamster named Pirate. She's the bestest hamster ever! I bought my cage, and Brian helped us carry all our stuff. It's good to have a boy around.

The movie, Little Miss Sunshine, was hysterical, and sad, and wacky, and fun, and just what I was in the mood for, but I think it scared Manky. I really did try to get us to the Illusionist, but apparently it hasn't been released in Sacramento yet.

Before bed I put Gato in her new home, which is three times as big as her old home, if I'm calculating the area correctly. She definately has room for a sister, so hopefull I'll go get her either today or tomorrow. Stephanie and I have started imagining what it will be l;ike to head hme for thanksgiving, us hauling Amadeus with Daisy, Di Di, Gato, Bismark, Pirate, and the new rat all piled into the car with us. We''ll be like an animal transport service.

So it was a great day that more than made up for my shitty week. Thanks everybody!!!