One pizza restaurant & two birthdays

Clearly, you people haven't a quotation on you. Keep looking; I know you've got one somewhere. :-)

Two things for tonight:

1. Another interesting restaurant experience. Luke won a gift certificate to a pizza place last summer for some work he did for a local paper. It expires on Monday, so we thought we better take advantage of it tonight. When we walked in, the hostess asked us if we needed a high chair. Yes. However, when we were being seated at a very small table in a very busy spot in the restaurant, I changed my mind and asked if we could be moved to a booth. The waitress gave me a withering look and said in a you're-a-really-stupid-person-but-I'm-going-to-do-my-best-to-be-patient-with-you voice, "Ma'am, we can't put a highchair in a booth." Duh. Did she REALLY think that I WANTED a high chair IN a booth? Did she think that I thought that you could actually somehow slide and cram a highchair into that kind of spot?

2. I have now officially missed the birthdays of two friends in Tyler, so I am sending belated best wishes to them both. These two women are very, very good friends with each other, and when I moved to Tyler, they were gracious enough to include me in their circle.

Happy Birthday, Kathy B. I think you are hilariously funny, and you have always inspired me with your transparency and authenticity. I'll never forget the night you sat at our kitchen table and gave Rob and I lessons on how to diaper a baby, etc. . .trying to simulate for us those pre-natal classes that moms & dads take when they are awaiting the births of their children. I am thankful for your tender heart and humility before God. As an LCU-ex, I'm hoping you'll get talked into coming to SOMETHING around here! Please come!

Happy Birthday, Diana. I met you the first Sunday we went to church in Tyler, and I've loved you ever since. You took me to my first Bunko night, just so I could make a few new friends outside of church. You introduced me to my hair stylist, Kim, who became like one of the family. You trusted me to babysit your boys on the afternoons during the days of the week that you had to work. And you trusted us with your family's adoption story, paving a path for us that we have never regretted. We love the whole family!

I hope you two got to do something fun these past few weeks in honor of your birthdays--you are definitely worth celebrating! And come on out to West Texas one of these days--I'll even take you to Odessa to see the Wall's! :-)

It's Friday, and I couldn't be happier about it. I hope the remainder of yours is great!

Jana