Thirty, Flirty and Thriving...

...well, the first one's true, anyway, har har. The big three-oh was a couple of weeks ago now, but due to various viruses and child sleep problems, I'm just getting around to posting about it! I had an awesome day. It started with a delicious breakfast, a yummy omelet cooked by PDaniel. Then Dangerboy and I went to the Pumpkin Patch with his preschool. It was kinda fun, but it would have been more fun had it not been, like, 95 degrees that day. When I came home, PDaniel sent me off to the mall. I didn't get around much to the shopping, but I did have a leisurely lunch at Wahoo's, during which I read my book. By myself. In the middle of the day. Ah, the bliss.

Then I had my very first pedicure (the Happy Nails lady was shocked!) The pedicure was very fun, though I felt a little weird (guilty?) having a nice Filipino lady pamper my feet while I sat in a thronelike chair...I think P. postcolonialist studies are getting to me. She actually completely exfoliated my feet and legs, gave them a clay mask, and wrapped them in hot towels. I don't know whether my feet were worth all the trouble (I think my face would have done me more good) but it was fun! And I like having cute toes for once. (I also got my first eyebrow wax, because the wax lady said I "really need one." Which, let's face it, was true.) When I got home, PDaniel had made an extremely yummy dairy- and soy-free carrot cake, full of raisins and nuts and pineapple--so yummy I ate it all week for breakfast AND dessert. We opened presents--An Arsonist's Guide to Writer's Homes in New England by Brock Clark and Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver. The day ended with a bayview dinner at Villa Nova in Newport Beach. It was good, though a cheese-free Italian dinner was trickier than I thought, and I wasn't able to eat the ice-cream heart they so nicely brought out for me at the end (I just ate the strawberries). Mostly it was just nice to be out on a date with my real sweetheart--our first night out alone since Cookie-Nut was born. Hopefully not our last. So, an action-packed, very fun birthday, even if it was my thirtieth. Thank you so much P.! I'm simultaneously spoiled and lucky to have you!