Last Friday I turned 41 years old. In some ways 41 is more depressing than 40. Mentally, 40 was a tough age; 41 only serves to remind you that 40 actually happened and that time is still moving forward. Happy birthday.

This year’s birthday festivities were broken up into lots of little slices. Thursday (the day before my birthday) I had dinner at Kyle’s Steakhouse with a few of my co-workers. I had the salmon and while it wasn’t as good as it used to be, it was still good. Susan informed the restaurant that it was my birthday and asked them to create a sugar-free dessert. The end result was a “peanut butter cheesecake” that tasted like I was eating peanut butter out of a jar. As far as cheesecake goes it was pretty terrible but as far as peanut butter from a jar goes, it was pretty good!

I took Friday (my birthday) off from work and Friday morning Susan brought me coffee and a cheese omelette in bed. We had lunch with my dad at Cimarron Steakhouse and I had a big ‘ol medium-rare T-bone along with some fried mushrooms and a loaded baked potato. I couldn’t finish it all but everything I was able to shovel into my yap was delicious! Friday night, Susan had a reception to attend and so we had hors d’oeuvres which lasted until we got an Arby’s hot ham and cheese melt on the way home. We ended Friday with cake and ice cream with our families. The highlight of Friday night was I decided to show the drone off to my nephews. Somehow the wireless controls didn’t connect properly and so when I launched it the thing shot off two or three yards away before I could force an emergency landing. Oops.

Saturday was Susan’s special day as she got to rappel off of Leadership Square as a reward for raising $1,500 for the Girl Scouts. I’ll write more about that later this week, but it was really cool. After that, Susan, the kids and I met up at our friend Howard’s house for his birthday (which is only a few days after mine). The kids had a great time swimming in Howard’s new pool and we had a good time hanging out for a bit.

We ended my birthday weekend with a trip to S&B Burgers. I got my favorite, a medium-rare Bleu Burger wrapped in bacon with deep fried cheese cubes and a “Dude Abides” (White Russian) to wash it down. The diet resumes tomorrow.

A great weekend with great friends and family and great memories.