As of 7:31am today, I'm 27. Yay!

For birthdays, the day was pretty uneventful. Woke up feeling kinda icky, but it got better. By 10:00 or so I was feeling alright. Busy, busy day at work. Mama and Daddy sent me a pretty rose bouquet and a balloon to work for my birthday. I got lots of happy birthday emails with one noteable exception. Jared made a fuss when I forgot to tell him happy birthday last month for his birthday, and then he forgot to tell me happy birthday on mine. My way of thinking, if he owes me 35 strokes for missing his birthday, I owe him 27 for missing mine. That sounds fair doesn't it? Seems fair to me.

Didn't really do anything for my birthday. Steffie is at home, and everyone here is busy. Went home after work and watched movies. Had a pizza. No big deal. A bit blah, but oh well. *shrugs*

Steffie will be down on Thursday, and I'm guessing we'll probably go out and do something on Friday since I'm off work. I'm going out with Rae and Tanya next Thursday after work for both my and Tanya's birthday.

You know, everytime I think I'm going to break even or pull ahead financially I either end up sick or my car breaks down on me. Tonight, I'm both. My throat is sore and I've been coughing all day. *grumbles, grumbles* On my way home yesterday my breaks started making a grindy noise again, and today on the way to work, my break light came on. So, I made an appointment at one of the few places that is actually open on Sunday for right after work. I was expecting to hear three or four hundred dollars to fix the break problem. Boy was I wrong! Eight hundred dollars!!!!! My breaks were pretty much shot to hell, and that's what I had to pay to be able to get it to a point where I could drive it home. I can't say how much that sucks.

I called around to everyone I knew who might have a spare car that I could borrow until I get paid at the end fo the week, but no luck. :-( I eneded up having to borrow a few hundred from Daddy to finish out paying for the repairs. Otherwise, I'm not sure what I would have done. Now I'm going to be on the hunt for a different car soon. That was one of Daddy's. stipulations. I have chunked way too much money into that truck and it costs me too much in gas to drive it on a regular basis. If you see any good deals on decent cars, let me know!

Aside from being bummed out that my car broke and I spent all afternoon at the garage trying to get it fixed, I missed the Super Bowl party too! I was psyched to go to it for multiple reasons. I was looking forward to playing with Dan, and I wanted to be there when Tanya gets her brand done too. Unfortunately that didn't work out. *sighs* Next time I will definitely be there.