So my plans to write something else today were side-tracked by two recent events:
(1) I HAD A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY!
An honest-to-goodness surprise birthday party!
I couldn’t believe it. I’ve never really had any sort of birthday party…never expected one, to be honest…
But after going shopping with my mother, I returned to my old house to discover that my friends and work colleagues were sitting on the deck, waiting for me…happily drinking beer and waiting for BBQ burgers in the early-summer sunshine.
You could have knocked me over with a feather. I’m rarely, if ever, shell shocked…but on Saturday afternoon, it happened.
So to everyone who participated in this operation to hoodwink me…thank you. 
Mind you, I’m not quite sure about some of the gifts — DVDs such as Mork & Mindy and Dallas that seemed design to remind me that I’m old enough to have watched these television shows in REAL TIME…those bastards!
(2) I HAVE A SUN BURN!
Right down my back…like some alternate-universe, scarlet skunk!
All because I mowed the backyard lawn without wearing a shirt (it was hot!)…
AFTER I had already worked out at the gym that day…
I’m sore…and I’m a tool. OUCH! 
