novapsyche | (no subject)

netmouse and I went out to dinner yesterday evening. She asked me what kind of food I wanted, and I was thinking, "Something Asian." She suggested several places, and we decided to go to Pacific Rim in downtown Ann Arbor. The place has a really nice decor, and the host even asked to take our coats. (When we got our menus, I knew things would be a bit pricy, as there were no prices listed.)

For an appetizer, we shared calamari with a sweet Thai dipping sauce. For dinner, I had a lovely dish of seared big eye tuna, while

netmouse had duck, medium rare (I don't remember the exact name of the dish). And we even went so far as to order dessert--we shared the house specialty of warm chocolate cake (made from scratch, with a fudgy, gooey center), which came with coconut ice cream (really good!); and a banana roll, which came with normal vanilla ice cream. Sweet thing that

netmouse is, she said dinner was her birthday present to me. I thanked her several times.

When I got home, I opened the birthday card my dad got me. It made me laugh. (He'd given it to me in the morning, and I asked him why he'd done so a day early. He shrugged. I have to wonder if he forgot when my birthday actually was!)

Today at work, I knew we'd be ordering lunch (as is the tradition in office settings). What I didn't know was that my coworkers would get me gifts! I've been here for less than a month! I was very surprised. I have a nice bouquet of peach-colored carnations in a neat vase, another floral arrangement, and a rustic picture frame. And a bottle of Coke! I was very surprised--I rarely get presents on my birthday. Hopefully I won't kill the flowers before their time.

Tonight

dionysus1999,

sarahmichigan and I are going to Seva, a restaurant in AA that serves only vegetarian fare. I've only been there once, but I could tell that their food was the bomb. Afterwards, there's been some talk of renting a movie. Knowing me, I'll probably be out until after 10:00.

So, yeah. Wow. This is much different than my birthday last year (though last year

netmouse and

murphyw were gracious and held a cake party, where we ate three different kinds of cake, listened to Cake, and played games). I'd mentioned to my sister that I was thinking about going out to dinner on Saturday, but I don't think I'll be up for that again for another couple of weeks, at least. :)