Chris turned the big 3-0 last Thursday, and boy was he dreading it. For some reason he thinks that he's an old man now... But, in an effort to prove himself wrong, he's been doing things like singing "Mmm Bop" by the Hanson Brothers while jumping into walls (to bring back the memories of freshman year of college apparently) and dancing on coffee tables (in public places) among other things that people in their 30's typically don't (and shouldn't) do.
For the grand celebration, we went to Las Estrellas for dinner, which was recently voted the best Mexican restaurant in WS. I'm still pretty partial to our dear old Sol Azteca in Washington, but it had a phenomenal menu of seafood items. I had fajitas with shrimp, scallops, fish, and veggies, while Chris went with the pollo ranchero (which turned out to be completely different than any other pollo ranchero he's ever ordered).
After dinner, we met a bunch of people at 6th and Vine for their weekly "Retro Night." A lot of Chris' coworkers came out for the occasion, in addition to some other people who make up some small world connections. We randomly saw this med student from Peoria who is doing an away rotation here last weekend, so we invited him to come. One of Chris' friends from his years as a med student is doing a plastic surgery residency here at Wake, so he came and he brought one of his coworkers. That friend used to date one of the girls Chris works with - and she used to live in our exact apartment until right before we moved in! I'll save you guys the Inspiration graphic organizer of it all, but believe me, it's intertwined!
Anyway, we had a fantastic evening! Chris works with some really great people - especially Suzi, who orchestrated the whole 6th and Vine meet-up. She decorated his office with 30's and caution tape; They got him a cake and sang to him; He even came home with a blinking 30 button and a really big lollipop that says, "30 sucks." Hopefully he'll realize that 30 isn't so bad after all and he won't have to keep trying to relive his teens. (And, he has full permission to remind me of this blase attitude if I start fretting TWO YEARS from now... :)
Chris turned the big 3-0 last Thursday, and boy was he dreading it. For some reason he thinks that he's an old man now... But, in an effort to prove himself wrong, he's been doing things like singing "Mmm Bop" by the Hanson Brothers while jumping into walls (to bring back the memories of freshman year of college apparently) and dancing on coffee tables (in public places) among other things that people in their 30's typically don't (and shouldn't) do.
For the grand celebration, we went to Las Estrellas for dinner, which was recently voted the best Mexican restaurant in WS. I'm still pretty partial to our dear old Sol Azteca in Washington, but it had a phenomenal menu of seafood items. I had fajitas with shrimp, scallops, fish, and veggies, while Chris went with the pollo ranchero (which turned out to be completely different than any other pollo ranchero he's ever ordered).
After dinner, we met a bunch of people at 6th and Vine for their weekly "Retro Night." A lot of Chris' coworkers came out for the occasion, in addition to some other people who make up some small world connections. We randomly saw this med student from Peoria who is doing an away rotation here last weekend, so we invited him to come. One of Chris' friends from his years as a med student is doing a plastic surgery residency here at Wake, so he came and he brought one of his coworkers. That friend used to date one of the girls Chris works with - and she used to live in our exact apartment until right before we moved in! I'll save you guys the Inspiration graphic organizer of it all, but believe me, it's intertwined!
Anyway, we had a fantastic evening! Chris works with some really great people - especially Suzi, who orchestrated the whole 6th and Vine meet-up. She decorated his office with 30's and caution tape; They got him a cake and sang to him; He even came home with a blinking 30 button and a really big lollipop that says, "30 sucks." Hopefully he'll realize that 30 isn't so bad after all and he won't have to keep trying to relive his teens. (And, he has full permission to remind me of this blase attitude if I start fretting TWO YEARS from now... :)
1 comment:
Aww...how fun!
Happy Birthday Chris (I know I already left a comment that said that...but whatever).
I think we're going to have a lot to celebrate during canoe-a-palooza 2009. I'm already planning! :)
Love you and miss you
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