My father, a nephew, a niece and a sister all have April birthdays. Following Dad’s lead, my sister believes in celebrating the entire month for her birthday. As a matter of fact, our paternal grandmother started celebrating her birthday twice a year. When she filed for social security, she saw her birth certificate and realized that the birthday she’d celebrated all her life was not the one she was actually born on. From then on, Dad’s mom celebrated both.
Dinner Theatre
A series of Dad’s health crises changed my belated Christmas present to my parents into a birthday gift for my sister and her son. As much as we enjoyed the event, my sister had already had a birthday celebration, which was funny since her birthday is at the end of the month.
Wine Flight
As a matter of fact, I believe she had a total of 5 celebrations, with two occurring on the weekend of her birthday. Fortunately, I attended the Friday and Saturday dinners, starting with one of my favorite libations: red wine.
As inviting as the flight looks, not all reds are created equal. The second one to the right was barely drinkable, which was why I left most of it in the glass by the time I was ready to leave.
Not that I was planning ahead, but for the second dinner on my sister’s actual birthday, the restaurant didn’t serve alcohol, so it was a good thing I’d had 4 different wines the day before. Yet, that didn’t stop me from trying to shake things up. When the server asked for my drink order, I asked for lemonade with a shot of vodka. When she informed me that they didn’t serve alcohol, I said, “I know.”
Everyone laughed, but what’s so wrong in getting confirmation? And making everyone laugh is a priceless gift.