Most fantastic Birthday I have ever had. Well, okay, so my birthday isn't until Thursday, but my family celebrated last night, since my sister is leaving tonight and wanted to be here for it. Anyway...
The start of the day was normal. Then we (My parents, my aunt and uncle, my sister, and her boyfriend) left to go to the restaurant we always go to. Got there, and even though we called ahead at about 6, at 7 we still had a 30 min wait. Alright, we knew that would happen, it's a busy place all the time. Standing with my sister and her boyfriend in the bar area, and I realize that my teacher is coming towards me. It's alright, since he's pretty cool and I can usually talk to him for a little while. Still odd to try and force a conversation with people I barely know though. Speed this up a bit, we finally sit after 40 minutes, order some appetizers, try calamari for the first time (not bad, just kinda chewy), order the 1 1/2 pound steak, have a good time. Other than being very proud of myself for eating the whole fatty, bloody thing (with a bit of effort for the last few bits), there really wasn't much else of excitement at the restaurant. We all get back to the house, and my mother and sister run upstairs saying, nay, yelling "DON'T COME UP HERE MIKE! DON'T COME UP! LIVING ROOM, NOW!" With my coat still on because I didn't even get to put it away, my mother and sister try and fit a big bag on the table. After some moving of mail, and a camera knocked down, they get it.
I reach in, pull out a blue-wrapped square, Madden 07 for the Wii. Very cool, I've been wanting to buy this for a while, but my mother said that I couldn't buy any new games until after my birthday. My sisters boyfriend, who I'm pretty good friends with, has been itching to play it, is almost in tears when my mother reminds him he has to play Monopoly with everyone. Reach in, pull out a heavy jacket. Good, since the thin ones don't work well in the bitter cold. Reach to the very bottom of the bag, pull out the most incredible movie ever, The Karate Kid! Oh, the love for this movie is hard to say in any language I know. Great gifts. My sister then says she forgot to wrap it, and hands me a yellow duck pen. Sweetness, I love the little ducky pen. I'm very happy with everything when my mother pulls another box out of her room. Big, heavy, 'fragile' according to the side. I rip off the Christmas paper turned around, making it white, pull open the box, and see... a bag. I pull it out, reach back in. I pull out a almost triangular box (it's called a trapezoid, right? Never mind.) Excitement, anticipation, really really full feeling...
I FINALLY GOT A BANJO! Over a year of drooling over the banjo in the window of the instrument store. I was so excited, when I went to hug my mother, got tangled in the wrapping paper, tripped, and got a black eye from the chair she was sitting in. But it doesn't matter, because I actually own a banjo!
