For those keeping score at home I had my 32 birthday last week.  So here are some highlights of my day of days:

T called and we got to talk for about thirty minutes before demands on both of us required us to cut the conversation short.  Earlier in the week I receieved a package from her containing Grace Cathedral Park!  If you haven’t listened to this album yet they still stream the entire thing on their webpage.  Check it out.  (T also asked that I update my Wish List so she can start Christmas shopping.  I updated it with a few items this morning.)

After lunch with my parents and grandmother (a Saturday standard practice) I went to the zoo with J, P and their kids.  While watching the keepers feed the gorillas, one of the kids said it looked like they were eating poop.  A keeper came out and showed the kids what the animals were being fed.  She explained that she “heard one of the kids say that they were eating poop and she wanted to come out and show that they weren’t.”  She smiled at the adults and said, “that’s not to say they won’t.  They’re just not right now.”

While coming upon the big cat exibit my nephew wanted to look at the tigers.  My niece saw a sign for the lions and begged us to hurry.  “The king of the jungle is right down there and you guys want to stop to talk to his secretary.”

Dinner was at a Mexican restaurant followed by cake at my parents’ house.  There were presents and cards and singing and more than a few tears though only from the younger set this year. 

Thanks to everyone who sent wishes and cards and gifts.