Can someone have his best birthday ever — four days before his actual birthday?
Knowing that Sophia and I we were heading off on our road trip to Portland, Danny invited us over for some pre-birthday birthday cake (which he baked himself! Coconut!)
First surprise: Communicatrix and her boyfriend, Brenton, showed up to wish me an early happy birthday.
Second surprise: Sophia revealed that she has been secretly working behind the scenes to make my birthday extra special. She has been emailing YOU for several weeks, telling you of my upcoming birthday, and asking you to mail me a card or a gift to Danny’s address.
Third surprise: A whole bunch of gifts and cards were piled high in Danny’s living room, the gifts and cards as varied as there are bloggers:
Chocolates from Belgium. Art work. Photographs. T-shirts from various cities across the country. Baseball caps. Soap shaped like a woman’s breast. A tool kit. Books. Movies. CDs. Fancy notebooks. Buttons. Chewing gum. Handmade candy. A beautiful purple bathrobe! A hand-knitted scarf. Magazine subscriptions. Special beer from Chicago. An emergency phone charger. Poems. And tons of birthday cards.
And more is coming.
I was in shock for the rest of the night. I had no idea of any of this. I feel like George Bailey from “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
I am still speechless. I can’t think of anything clever to say, other than, “Wow, I’m truly touched.”
I’m also drunk, so I’ll need to write more about this tomorrow.
Thanks, everyone. Thanks, Danny.
And Sophia, you really ARE the best!
P.S. — Does this mean I have to start reading your blogs again?
I really enjoyed this...
Happy to have been a part of it, man. Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday to the best blogger on the planet!
Good job Sophia & Danny! You are a lucky man Neil.
Happy BD! I hope you got our gift!
Happy Birthday Neil!! Looks like my gift will be a little late. I hope you & Sophia enjoy the goodies once they arrive! Have a fabulous vacation!
You deserve it, my friend!
Yay Neil! We love you. And we’re amazingly good at keeping secrets.
Neil…my gift is…you get to meet me any time you like (good one, huh?)…I have been absent from the on-line world…so please know I wish you a very happy bday. Sophia is an amazing woman to have done this for you. Danny is a wonderful friend…and you are the bestest blogger ever!
You are the luckiest blogger in the world. What a really heartwarming gift to give you. That’s awesome!
Happy Birthday Neil.
Happy Happy Joy Joy Birthday Birthday… I’m drunk too!
Neil, I adore you and now I can come out of the closet and tell you that through this I have come to adore Sophia. I wanted to be all creative and stuff, but I didn’t know if you liked any of my photographs enough to have it in print form and that would be an obnoxious form of arrogance to assume if you do and if so, which you liked. So, you get Writers’ Magazine (or is it Writer’s?). I hope you like. At the very least, I hope it’s good bathroom reading.
happy birthday!
as par for the course in my life, i haven’t a clue where i put your card. it’s the thought that counts, right?
hope you enjoy the celebrations!
As always, I’m late too! But happy, happy, happy birthday with lots of sugar on top!
And more is coming, from across the pond. xo
Happy Happy…. Sophia has a blog? How did I miss that? I need the info!..
P.S. No need to thank me – unless you won millions.
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