two birthdays have happened

since i last wrote, two very important people in my life have celebrated another birthday. they share a few similarities. their honeys are away, they are living in their own house, both don't usually do too much to celebrate their birthday, and i have not talked to either since before their birthday. so i am sad. i want to know what quinn and kristin did for their birthdays. kristin's birthday was friday, the 18th. i worked all day and got off too late to call her (durn those time zones). that day we were awoken by a call from our new car insurance company at 6:45 am (again--durn those time zones). needless to say, i woke up very grumpy. i don't usually get up until 8:45. so, i woke up 2 hours early. you all know how i don't like mornings. i would just as soon miss them all. but no! this guy called and left a message. can you believe it? after the phone rang, the neighbors started in with the hammering and the kitties started singing to get out of the room. when i got to work, i decided to be happy. it worked. just needed a mind change. then i came home at 6:30, and dust was grumpy. he was tired of being bored while i am at work. he is ready to work. to cheer him up and celebrate the coach's birthday, we made the 10 mile trip to the infamous in n out burger. it was a nice night. after eating we came home and watched more episodes of lost. not a bad day really.
the 18th is quinn's day. i was to work. it was chilly, and dust went to tahoe to see shea. i bought new shoes and watched lars and the real girl. it was good. it made me cry. i have been saying for a few days that i think i would feel better if i got a good cry out. i did feel better. i spent the nights with the kitties. i had bought a bottle of champagne, but the idea of solo drinking was not so appealing. so i watched the movie and did a little chemistry. i went to bed around 1am. as i turned out the light, albee jumped on the bed like usual. he looked for dustin, and jumped down. he went into the closet and just started putting on a show. i thought i was home free because there was no snoring from next door and no hammering from downstairs. i thought the night would be easy. boy was i wrong. the concert put on for mona and i lasted nearly half an hour. i did everything i could, but he just kept going back into the closet to cry. and dustin thinks albert doesn't like him!!! as albee got done, mona who was sitting patiently by the door, started her own chorus. i had to put her on the bed twice to get her to be quiet. she was much easier to pacify. the neighbors, never ceasing to amaze, began with the hammering at 6:30. this continued until 8 when a man walking down the street started screaming. ahh. life in the city.
i made it through both the birthdays. i hope they did, too. i hope they had so much fun, they didn't notice their honey was missing. i hope they got everything they wanted and then some. i hope they both want to keep the celebrations rolling when we get home. we want to celebrate with both of them. happy birthday, y'all.
and jack, dustin's dad's birthday is tomorrow. we will have to find a way to celebrate that here. any reason to celebrate. and we have a chilled bottle of champagne. :) take it easy, jack, don't work too hard. be sure to get a few games of hearts in. maybe get a doughnut during coffee time. eat a big piece of cake and a little one for me. make it a best day. know that we love all three of you. we love jack the most because he is the oldest (isn't that sebastian's logic?).