Meanderings…

Birthdays are pretty special. I guess that’s because we have an attachment to time and what is a birthday but a marking of time? That’s perhaps a cynical way of looking at it, so I’ll go on to say that birthdays are… just awesomely fun!

This year was an awesome b’day! I was pretty down in the morning because I wasn’t meeting only one friend of mine because all the others were busy. Anyway, she and another friend of mine turned up.

I went downstairs and had to show them the way to my house cos they’d never been home before. And who should I see standing and talking with them but my sis! Very strange behaviour too–she was dressed so casually and said she was headed out. Anyway, I dragged both of them upstairs, sat them down, went into the kitchen to talk to mom and when I came out…

Anyone heard the phrase, “SURPRISE, SURPRISE!”? Well, I discovered the full meaning of it. The whole gang descended upon my threshold! With balloons, cakes and gifts, to boot! Suddenly, it turned out to be my best birthday ever–the first birthday party since forever, it seemed!

My sis and the gits, co-conspirators, had managed to plan the whole darn thing right under my nose… They later showed me notes the gits passed in class and SMSs exchanged and I, the unsuspecting victim, was totally baffled to say the least. Sigh. My opinion of my investigative skills has taken a nosedive. There goes my career in discovering crime and heinous activity a la Poirot. Ah, who gives a damn?! Surprise parties are fun! Especially when you finally get books–LOTS OF EM–as gifts! Am happy as a bug!

To sum it up… AWESOME!

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