birthday surprises

so i knew some people knew it was my birthday. for example, i knew that my best friends had taken a day off to go shopping for what turned out to be really amazing gifts. crazy people... what i didn't expect, was the extra surprises.

at some point, one of them started going around the living room, looking at all the corners. i asked him why, whether he was looking for something specific but he said no, he was just looking. i can't believe i didn't see it coming. but another friend was asking me all these questions about this Japanese musical instrument i have, so i went back to explaining things to him. and then the lights went out and even then, i did not get it! i thought someone had just accidentally leaned on the light switch, can you believe it? and suddenly, there was a cake and candles and my opera singer of a friend singing the birthday song with her amazing mezzo-soprano voice. i had to blow out the candles, but was laughing so hard that it took me 5 times to blow them all out! it was quite funny.

and then we all had cake and i got to open the wonderful presents. it really was a great party!