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  It was a good day.  We went out to lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory, where for the first time in years (ever?) the wait staff sang to me and I got a free dessert, since E2 decided to share with them that it was my birthday.  I hadn’t thought of telling him not to say anything so that they wouldn’t sing, and I discovered it didn’t embarrass me as much as I thought it would. (It probably helped that it was a late lunch and the place was empty.)  And the dessert- an almond/caramel/chocolate/ice cream thing- was scrumptious!

Everyone was in bed/asleep fairly early, so I had the late evening to myself.  The only celebratory beverages we had in the house were 3 different sparkling fruit juices, (no Dr. Pepper!) so I chose a sparkling cherry.  It wasn’t Dr. Pepper, but it was pretty good.