Andddd bday blog

Whewww. Talk about a great bday weekend. As usual, Chris just spoiled me today by whisking me away to a very fancy lunch at Famous Dave's in Council Bluffs. Talk about good eatin. And then for dinner I classed it up in Norfolk, eating all of my favs. Cool Ranch Doritos for an appetizer, baked beans for an entree and then a DQ ice cream cake for dessert. I told Chris yesterday that I was for sure going to eat an entire bag of Cool Ranchys today since they're my ultimate favorites and I don't often buy them. But, he then kindly reminded me that I had already treated myself to an entire bag Friday night after the bars when I insisted the hotel shuttle we were on take me to a gas station to buy some. Weird part is that we weren't even staying at a hotel so I still don't understand why were on a shuttle? Apparently, I was feeling generous with my chippys because I even offered to share with a few other passengers on the bus. But I quickly took back my kindness after my bag was not returned fast enough when I began yelling at the girls to give my chips back.
Saturday consisted of a fun filled day at the zoo. Although, the zoo and hungoverness are not necessarily two of the best combinations. Between the monkey smells and screaming children I debated jumping in the lion cage a few times. Note to zoo- consider banning strollers. Walking through the jungle behind a band of four foot wide strollers kind of ruins the experience. If your children are old enough to walk, please have them do so. But please put them on a leash, I nearly fell into the jungle pond because of crazy running kids. On second thought, why not ban kids from the zoo. I think it would just make things a whole lot easier. And just a little FYI for those of you planning a zoo trip in the future- bats are free to fly all over the jungle. Anywhere. Everywhere. Keep an eye out for this if you are like me and do not like bats swooping at your head. I would also then recommend skipping the butterfly pavillion, as well. If I truly wanted to be in an enclosed area with large flying bugs landing on me I could have just waited a month and left the light on in my garage at night. But above all else, a good day. I especially enjoyed the new Skyfari ride which is like a ski lift that gives you a sky view of the area. It was nice to be able to completely relax on the lift and not have the anxiety I have when on an actual ski lift. I just have never gotten the hang of getting off a lift with skiis. I'll never forget the humiliation last winter break when I went skiing with Chris's family of professional skiers and I somehow managed to trip myself when getting off the lift and had to quickly army crawl away in order to avoid getting trampled by the following skiers. Awful.
But anywho I am birthday exhausted. Between the cupcakes and ice cream cake and honey cornbread I am experiencing an intense sugar crash. I also need to check my fb wall, it's been about forty minutes. Which by the way, thanks to all who wished me a happy day. And for those of you who didn't, and you know who you are, I hope you have a good excuse. Because an experienced FB creep like myself knows who you are, as well. I'm kidding. Kinda.