Happy Birthday to me

FRIDAY AUGUST 10 Gary and I drove down to Darien to get my military ID. From there we went through Joliet down to Manhattan to look at a new development there. On the way through Joliet we got rear-ended by an older lady in a 1987 Lincoln Town car. Ouch! I was not about to end the story of my day with that so when Gary asked me if I wanted to go home I said "No, I don't, otherwise we came all this way just to get into a car accident!" So on we went. It was actually a very fun day off except for being in pain. On the way home we ate at the Cracker Barrell which I haven't been to in a long time.

SATURDAY AUGUST 11 was my birthday. That was a fun day too. We went out to breakfast at the Egglectic in Danada (the new one) and then we went to see "Being Jane" at Cantera. The movie was pretty good. When we went to leave, the remote would not turn off the alarm. So, we tried to unlock the doors with the key - which worked but it made the alarm go off. Well, now we were sitting in the parking lot with the alarm going off not able to start the truck!
Oy vey!
First we though that it was the battery in the remote so we walked across the street tot he Target and bought new ones. That didn't work. I called my sister and she said she would come and pick us up. We called a few dealers and even circuit city and no one was able to help us. Gary calld the police and cantera and asked if we could leave the truck there until we figured out what to do.

Mary picked us up and we drove home. On the way we stopped at Subway to use the bathroom. For some strange reason Gary did not want to wait until we got home. Interestingly enough we ran into a young man I haven't seen in a very long time who recognized Gary. We chatted with him for a little while. I thought it was pretty amazing. What a crazy day! But it was not over yet.
When we finally got home and walked into our apartment it was very noisy (!) and full of people (!!) My brother jumped out and said "SUPRISE!!!" (and then so did everyone else). Then, I was even more suprsed because my aunt from California was there! SO VERY FUN!!! I did feel bad though because these people had been waiting for two hours for us due to the remote not working. I thought at first it was part of the scheme but unfortunately it was not.

The good thing though is that Sunday evening we went back to the parking lot at Cantera and the remote decided to work. We were able to drive the truck home.

SUNDAY AUGUST 12 was our family reunion picnic which was pretty fun even though it was so hot outside. They replaced horseshoes with beanbags but we still had the tournament - but in the shade - and plenty of people participated. Gary took the group picture and we handed out cards so people could go online and order a copy of it. Later that night we went to Mary's house and played cards with my aunt and then we watched half of Eragon. I forgot that movie. We were so tired and had to get up early for work the next morning so we stopped the movie halfway.

All in all it was a fun weekend even though I am still recovering from whiplash.