Surpriiiise!

A week later but never mind...

21/07/08 19:10 at Restaurant Artisan in Crosspool;

A bit early so we took a walk around the block. It was a lovely and warm evening on account it'd been a nice, hot day. As we got get to the restaurant the waitress told us that the table was ready. We'd been there before so I knew that the tables for 2 were further in, towards the back so I didn't quite get it when she stopped, turned around and smiled when we were at one of the bigger tables. And all of a sudden I realised that the people at the table were no other than my mom, dad and aunt!!! My mom and aunt started singing "happy birthday" but I just flung myself around their necks and then I had to "climb" my way over the seats to get to hug my dad who was taking photos of all the sobbing and "My God, You're Crazy!!", which was the only thing I managed to say for the first couple of minutes. All while the rest of the place was smiling or looking confused over the Swedish flags that they had decorated our table with.

So, my parents and Boyfriend (the little weasel) has been planning this for months without me suspecting anything, which is odd as I usually manage to get everyone around me to tell the truth. I will now have to be extra vigilant as I never, ever could imagine Boyfriend being able to pull off something like that!! And my aunt came too which was really nice!!

We had a lovely, lovely meal and little things the past month leading up to my birthday started to make sense. Not to mention the fact that I did comment about my sister being a bit vague about where our parents were when she called in the morning but I put it down to her being a bit 'loco' due to being pregnant.... not so much.

My parents and aunt stayed til Thursday lunch and we had so much fun during those days. My dad and my aunt had never been to Sheffield before so we had some nice walks and also drove around in the countryside to show them. Mom wanted my dad to experience a really traditional pub lunch so we took them all to a pub in the Peaks and as expected they were in awe over the scenery. We also had a chance to visit the Fat Cat, which is our local pub, and sat in their beergarden and they sampled some locally brewed beer. Niiiice.

I can't believe that they came over for my birthday! I don't really do [my own] birthdays and I'm going home in September so.... But it was an awesome surprise and I can honestly say that it is the best birthday that I've ever had! Crazy parents, eh?

Anyway, it was all good fun, apart from a visit to Mother[fucking]care - which I will write about later, so I must say that turning 30 has not made me fell upset or affected me in a bad way although I'm pretty sure my breast are starting to head south. Typical.