Yesterday was my 25th birthday, and it was a good one. Actually, the birthday celebrations began on Sunday when Michael surprised me with tickets to the Spokane Symphony. I had been told that we were meeting my parents and in-laws at some fancy restaurant in downtown Spokane for dinner to celebrate my birthday at 3:00 in the afternoon. I thought this a slightly odd time, but who am I to quibble about such details when someone is wanting to do something nice for me. We left pretty early to get to Spokane ostensibly "to give extra time because of the bad weather" (it was raining/snowing at the time), but still got into downtown around 2:20. As we drove past the newly remodeled Fox Theatre, Michael said "Oh, look, it's the Fox Theatre. Since we're so early and we're going to park close, maybe we can go in and check it out on our way to the restaurant." At this point we saw a member of the Spokane Symphony walking across the street in front of us, fully decked out in tails and carrying his instrument. At this point I said, "Michael, I'm pretty sure there's a concert today, I don't think we'll be able to just go in and look around." Michael didn't really respond and began to pull in to the parking garage where there was a sign, which read "Spokane Symphony Event Parking $5."
"Do you think they'll make us pay $5 since we're not going to the symphony?"
"Well, actually," with a flourish, "we do have tickets. Happy Birthday!"
They played a wonderful program, including Mozart's Overture to The Magic Flute, Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2, and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. It was amazing. Afterwards we went to dinner at the restaurant in the Davenport. It was a lovely evening.
Yesterday on my actual birthday I got to leave work early in honor of my birthday. I usually get off at 5:30, but yesterday I got to leave at 3:00. We went to my parents' house for pizza, cake and ice cream, and presents. I got new jeans, since I am shrinking out of all of my pants, the new Harmony Guides for knitting stitches, a great big non-stick skillet (mine are all too small for the things I cook in them), a gift certificate for a massage, and yarn for a gorgeous sweater I want to make.
Speaking of yarn...
I just bound off the stole I'm making for my mom for Christmas. All that remains is weaving in the ends, washing, and blocking. My socks are nearly done (I might finish them when I'm done writing this), the sweater still needs to be put together (maybe this weekend?) and I finished the pants for my friend's baby and started working on the blanket. The pants turned out really cute, but they're a bit too big. I'm going to make another pair, but I'm going to size them down for a newborn. The baby's coming on December 10, so I need to get started soon. But things are progressing nicely.
