Chuki isn’t the only one growing older last month. I hit the first big milestone: “The Big 3-0.” A lot of people worry about turning 30, but I don’t really have a problem with it, although the frequency with which people are wiling to use the phrase “The Big 3-0″ does alarm me a bit.

My dearly beloved took advantage of my obliviousness and scored Sheryl Crow tickets (3rd row!!!!!!!) to her concert in Toronto that I didn’t even know about. How’s that for head in the clouds, eh? The ONE person left that I have not seen in concert that I desperately wanted to, and I didn’t even know she was in town. And even better, KT Tunstall opened the show, someone else I have been hoping to see.

 

Chuki chipped in his 25 cent allowance (oh, come on, he’s a cat, of course we are kidding)  and bought me a bookmark, since he ate all my old ones. And Ollie even sent along his wishes, which Emily helped capture in a card that they gave me with a gift certificate to Michael’s.  I asked her how she got hi to sit still for an inking and she just said “treats,” which is, of course, enough motivation to get Ollie to do pretty much anything. I think the little marks from the fur between his toes is the cutest part.

As we all know, Adam cannot keep secrets from me when he has a surprise so I was quite impressed with the fact that he kept it to himself for 6 weeks. But he crumbled at the last minute and told me about the concert about a week before my birthday, partly because he could not wait and partly because he worried that if he waited any longer I would learn about the concert and guess that he had tickets. He wrote me a very sweet poem to reveal his surprise to me (on the back of a Rogers bill!) and commissioned an amazing homemade cheesecake from Michelle (MiVi) of “Sweet me Up,” a friend of ours. It was heavenly… so yummy sweet…

The concert was amazing. I have never been that close in a concert before and she was so good. We met a couple of really great people beside us, Courtney and Jenn, who danced with me when Adam was too shy to shake. The concert pictures on this site are all Jenn’s since I didn’t brave bringing my camera. Best Birthday Ever. Thank you so much!