bday, bowling and other such nonsense

It was my birthday on Sunday, so we went to get pizza and beer. I hadn’t decided really what to do, but then on Friday as I was eating lunch I mentioned it to one of the women in my department, so she made an announcement. It was nice, but I wonder if some of my colleagues have ever heard of dinner conversation. Anyway, Di made me a cake and I got presents. They sang happy birthday twice, but thankfully it was a Sunday and the bar was empty. Monday was rainy. Paddy and I went bowling with an old roommate of his and his girlfriend. It always seems funny that it is something that can be played professionally.

We have been getting out more–the weekend before we even went hiking in Muir Woods. Although we got lost because we didn’t have a map and Paddy started to have a panic attack because we might get stuck out there in the dark and have to huddle up in a hollow tree until morning (seeing as we were on something called “the lost trail,” which seemed less than auspicious), it was still kind of fun. It was one of those once a year kind of adventures. The next day we just played Wii.