Yup, next week Monday (7/21), I’m hitting the BIG 50.  So Paula and I are heading out to Las Vegas to celebrate my 50th birthday.  Where does the time go?  Wasn’t that long ago that I was staying up until 4:00 AM dancing the night away at The Point After.  Nowadays, I have a hard time just staying up watching Stephanie Lum - and that’s the 9:00 news!

I guess time flies when you’re having fun. 

So I won’t be blogging until I get back.  Between the shopping and eating and gambling, I’m going to need what little time is left to sleep.  But I’ll take my camera and snap some pictures for a later entry.

But first, let me share this funny story.

Ever since I was little, we always celebrated my birthday on July 20th.  It was a pretty good day - after all, that was the day that man first walked on the moon.  Then when I turned 15, I went to get my driver’s permit.  After I filled out the form and gave it to the lady, she looked it over along with my birth certificate and said “You wrote in the wrong birth date”.  I said, “No, July 20th”.  Then she said “Look at your birth certificate, it states July 21st”.  Huh?  I’ve never seen my birth certificate before and sure enough, it stated July 21st.  I look at my mom and she shrugs her shoulders and says “Eh, hard to keep track of all 4 boys, you know”.

So for 14 years, I celebrated my birthday 1 day early.  Wassup Wit…, I mean, ho, da ODD… I mean - Sheesh!  Talk about a Midlife Crisis!  At 15 years old!

So anyway, while I’m away I’ve set up another entry for a word game to keep you folks busy until I return.  Play nicely.