Well, I guess this blog starts on the 6th. It marked mine and Charles' 1 year anniversary. We opened presents early. I got him two bottles of whiskey and a pair of socks (weird combo I know). He got me a $50 gift card for my next set of piercings. He knows me so well. On the day itself we didn't really do anything special. His mom, his brother, charles and I all went to a job fair at the Palisades mall in Nyak. I dressed professionally and so did everyone else. When we got there though it wasn't what I expected. I have been to several job fairs and this was the crappiest one ever. Like 10-15 businesses, 3 of them army,navy, air force, a bunch of retail places in the mall and a few other places that really weren't that impressive. Charles, his mom and brother signed up at a temp agency to find them jobs. They have each gotten calls since the to set up appointments to find work. Here's hoping. After that we all wandered around the mall. My feet started killing me, my shoes were tearing into the back of my feet. So being in the mall I went shoe shopping. I found this cute pair of Flip flops in Macy's that his mother insisted on buying me for my birthday. They were way to expensive and I tried to talk her outta it but there was no convincing her otherwise. We all walked around some more and in about an hour his family left, and we went to The Cheesecake Factory for our big dinner (After we played video games at dave n busters lol). I had the most amazing chicken with parm n basil pasta. It was the best pasta I've ever had. He had stuff fajitas, followed by cheesecake. I HATE cheesecake so I just had a strawberry shortcake. Unfortunately afterwards I had to go to work. He didn't want me to go, but I need to save my off time.
The 7th was his sisters birthday. I took her to my piercing place and she got her rook pierced. I added a new double flat to my set on my right ear. My piercer wants me to get one more conch to make it a full row of 4 dots. I'm not convinced....my conch is the biggest pain...I told her I'd think about it.
On my birthday, the 8th at midnight I was at work. Was a great way to start the day, but at exactly midnight Charles called and sang happy birthday to me. Which was super sweet. He did it again half asleep when I walked in the door the next morning. His family had also written happy birthday amber on the chalk board in the kitchen. I honestly didn't expect the day to go anywhere. Just hang out then go to dinner. He got me a vase plant (which i had wanted from the flea market.) and a pair of gummy bear earbuds (which i had picked out at dave n busters on Thursday.) To start the day we ended up back at the piercing place to get a new ball put on his sisters rook which had fallen off overnight. No biggie she replaced it for free and we moved on. Though she did mention that my ear is awesome at taking trauma bc it looked like nothing had happened to it the day before lol. We went to the liquor store after and I bought myself a supply that would knock me out for the rest of the night. Since I didn't want to remember turning 30 atm. The rest of the day kinda flew by and we went to dinner at Chilis. It was Kraken night so we got tons of free shots and drinks, he also made me drink 2 full containers of margarita. We had a three course meal and I was stuffed!
Now, Charles had been acting weird since Wed. Taking texts and not telling me who they were from, just saying it was a secret. He always tells me who is texting him, so yea that was off. He even took texts during dinner. To make matters weirder, he took the long way home, and he drove around his neighborhood 3 times before going home. As we pulled in I immediately noticed all the cars out in front of his house and I recognized one of them. I flat out said "Charles that's Heather's car. He was like "No that's Logan's sister's car" I was pretty tipsey as we walked into the house. But as I walked into the kitchen and looked into the den (which was pitch black) I saw movement. Then all the people hiding in the den shouted "surprise!" He had planned a surprise 30th birthday for me. And my closest friends were there to celebrate with me. I was taken aback, I really thought I was going to have a lame, doing nothing kinda birthday, but my bf wouldn't let that happen.
Everyone gave me hugs, and well wishes and the party went into full swing. First thing that happened was my bff Heather pulled me to the side and had me open her present. The sick twisted girl she is got me a remote control vibrator.....I think that was more for Charles then for me lol. Unfortunately i was way too full to drink any beer, but that didn't mean I didn't do shots. I was feeling happy all night. My kid brother beat Charles at beer pong, and we had fun playing with the ice luge Charles had frozen. Bout halfway through the night I opened presents and we had Carvel cake which is what I had asked for. The night ended pretty early, but that was ok. It was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. And my friends coming despite living far away, or having a million and one things to do that night meant so much. I'm glad my birthday ended up being better then anything I coulda asked for. =)