early am - Jacob woke up and came into bed with us for snuggling. He has 
been sick since Sunday with fever but has seemed fine otherwise. He still 
has fever today :( but the doctor says if nothing else is wrong, just keep 
an eye on him. Michael said happy birthday to me then.

7 am - got up, took Jacob downstairs to Jennie to start breakfast. Got 
ready for work.

7:30 - Michael gave me my birthday present (antique diamond earrings with 
really cool earring jackets that match). Hung out with Jacob for half an 
hour.

8:00 - went to work, where everyone said happy birthday. Saw two really 
horribly foul smelling dogs - one was probably THE single worst smelling 
thing I have ever smelled. His presenting complaint was "he smells," 
turned out to have a tumor on his ear which was infected and - I can't 
even describe it without gagging and retching. I admitted him for surgery. 
Now, normally I'm done work around noon, but I ended up staying til closer 
to one, because they had a little party for me with a cake and balloons 
and singing :) and they gave me flowers and a Vera Bradley handbag with 
zebras on it (I already had the one with chickens and eggs on it :)).

1:00 went home. Jacob was sleeping, so I ate some lunch and went to the
library and got some new books and returned the old ones. Checked the mail 
- got a spa gift certificate from Jason and Jamie - woo hoo!

2:30 - played with Jacob a little. Decided to take a bubble bath using my 
rose-petal bath salts from Valentine's day. I was soaking in there for oh, 
10 minutes, when I got a little surprise -- Oskar the cat fell in. Boy was 
he pissed. He is always walking the perimeter of the tub when I'm in there 
and I knew this would happen one day. Our tub is large. He had to swim 
across to get to the edge to get out. Then I had to chase him around with 
a towel while he dripped all over everything. Eventually I got to get back 
into the bath for a little while. During the afternoon I also took some 
calls from friends and family who called to wish me happy birthday. 
Several people sang. My brother sang 
an obnoxious version he first sang to 
me when he was like 10, which cracked me up.

4:30 - resting on the couch with Jacob and reading. 
5:00 - snacktime for Jacob - I gave him a snack and ate a few grapes 
myself :)

5:30 - Michael got home, we left to go to my folks' for dinner. Mom outdid 
herself with portobello risotto, asparagus, and shrimp in white 
wine/garlic sauce, and a bottle of Roederer Estate Anderson Valley 
sparkling wine, which is what Michael and I were drinking when he proposed 
(yeah, mom's a romantic, too). Jacob was a little grouchy and didn't eat 
much dinner but he did eat a lot of grapes, and some birthday cake - 
chocolate cake with coffee buttercream icing, oh my! Mom and dad gave me a 
"gift certificate" (handmade) for $150 worth of plants for my perennial 
garden, and mom's help with choosing and planting them (she's a GREAT 
gardener and has had a wonderful perennial garden for 10 years at her 
current house).

8:00 - got home. Got Jacob ready for bed. 
8:45 - put Jacob to bed, got myself ready for bed, went to bed.
9:05 - got phone call from Jamie and had a nice chat.

The rest of the day was very *relaxing* ;)

A GREAT birthday.
Of course, now I'm stuck being 32.