A Week Of Celebrating My Birthday

Technically, my birthday celebrations lasted most of the week, since I was fielding birthday messages, or doing something birthday velebration related, right up until the weekend.

Before I tell you about my birthday though, I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who sent me birthday wishes last week. Every message was very much appreciated, and helped to make me feel special. So, as I said... Thank you!

Apart from all the wonderful birthday messages I got, I also got some money I'll probably end up spending on books and DVDs, a couple of presents, and a few cards. Kelly brought me the DVD of the 2017 Jumanji movie, so I had something from him and Lilie on the day (since, as you may remember, he brought me my new Kindle as an early birthday and Christmas present a few weeks back). Also, someone gave me the gift of buying some of my books on my birthday. That's a very good birthday present to give your favourite author, by the way... Just so you know.

Most of my family and friends don't bother with cards these days, but I had cards from Rita, my Grandma, my Dad, and my Nan (Grandma is my Mother's Mother, and Nan is my Father's Mother). Here are the cards:


My Dad made me a dragon model, which kind of reminds us of Spyro (from the Spyro game I used to play on the Playstation when I could still see) though it doesn't look exactly like Spyro. It's just close enough to Spyro that it reminds us of him. I'm still calling it Spyro though. Anyway, here it is:


Dad also made me a Baby Groote (a character from Guardians Of The Galaxy)...

"I am Groot!"

Plus, Dad made a new version of the braille D10 for me to test...


I tested the dice a bit between dealing with birthday messages on Facebook. It rolls better than the first ones, so it seems we're heading in the right direction with braille dice creation. YAY us!

My Mam got me a couple of DVDs that are due out about now. They're pre-ordered, and will come to me when they're actually released. So, I guess my birthday is technically still not over yet.

We were meant to go out for a birthday dinner on my actual birthday, but it got rescheduled. Instead, Kelly and I watched Jumanji while eating some of my birthday cake - a lemon drizzle cake - on Tuesday evening. I've got a movie reviews post going up on the weekend though, so I'll tell you about the movie then.

Wednesday and Thursday I finished my birthday cake (it was only a little cake) and dealt with more birthday messages and phone calls.

Friday was when I ended up having my birthday meal. The meal was rescheduled because Oscars couldn't do it after all. They aren't usually open on a Tuesday, but were going to open for me. But something came up that meant they couldn't, so my birthday dinner was rescheduled for the Friday after my birthday instead (this past Friday). I didn't mind though. Sometimes things just come up. It happens to us all, and can't be helped.

I'd originally planned to have my birthday meal as an evening meal, but asked for the afternoon instead when it was changed to Friday, since they didn't mind which I did, and I figured it would be quieter there on a Friday afternoon than evening. Not that things are too bad for people this time of year anyhow, since tourist season is over. But still. Friday nights are popular for people going out, and I prefer to go when less other people will be.

Not because of Lilie. Lilie would actually prefer us to go when there will be more people, since more people means more potential friends for her, and a higher chance of getting attention. It's me who prefers the quieter times. So, Friday afternoon it was, since it was me who got to make the choice, not Lilie. *wink*

It was worth the wait. Food from Oscars always is. At least, we think so. They made it even more so with a free dessert. I got to choose, and picked apple crumble with custard, since I love fruit crumble. I did offer Kelly to share it, and they provided utensils so he could. But he wouldn't. Said he was too full from dinner. I enjoyed it though.

I got a birthday card from them too...


Wasn't that nice? They were already my favourite place to eat, but now I'm even more glad I picked them for my birthday meal, since they made it a very special one.

So, that was my birthday week.

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