Happy Birthday to Me!

Yes, yesterday was my birthday.  I am 29 now and have begun the dreaded countown to 30.  How can I be almost that old?  You know how in 1999 all those know-it-alls loved to state that the millenium doesn't start until 2001, not 2000?  Well, I'm going to claim that I'm not in my thirties until I'm 31.  30 will be my "transitional year."  No longer a young punk, not quite a mature adult.

Beth did a great job helping me feel special on my day.  Sorry, we don't have any pictures to share.  We forgot to bring the camera along on our celebrations.  We both worked yesterday and went out to Outback Steakhouse for dinner.  Despite the fact that we knew there were several Outback's in Hong Kong, we have never been to one here, so that made it a more special treat.  We gorged ourselves with Aussie Cheese fries, a Bloomin' Onion, a 14oz steak (me) and caeser salad (beth) and of course several tropical drinks.  Somehow, we managed to squeeze ourselves out of the booth and roll towards a taxi to get home.  I say, it's not your birthday unless you eat 'till it hurts!

We get home to discover that Beth had come home in the middle of the day to bring in birthday balloons, Godiva truffles, champagne and other decorations.  She outdid me once again!

For my present, my lovely wife bought me a nice watch from amazon.com  It's a solar-powered watch that you can use scuba diving.  Water resistant to 200 meters and has a depth sensor to record how deep under water you are.  I don't have it yet, because we had it shipped to my parent's house.  We'll pick it up when we visit washington in a couple of weeks.

Thanks Beth!