On January 18th, I turned 35. I was looking forward to being 35 only because I don't like even numbers and totally disliked being 34 simply because I don't like that number at all.
The night before my birthday, something cool happened. Priyanka told me that we have to be home by 6:30 pm because he had a phone interview. I was a bit confused because who would have a phone interview at 6:30 pm but I didn't question him. So we were home and he rushed me through dinner. He never rushed me through dinner. He's the type that eats slowly and mindfully. I kept telling him to go prepare for his phone interview but he kept avoiding me. He then told me that he rescheduled the interview.
At 6:30, he asked me to go walk the dogs with him, even if it's just for one block. I agreed and when we went downstairs, he didn't let the dogs walk out the door at all. Super confused. He opened the garage door and I saw a pig and someone who looked a lot like Indu standing outside. Since I wasn't expecting Indu, I didn't think that it was Indu who was standing there with her phone recording everything. She said: we heard that you were born on the year of the pig so here's a pig to see you! Indu had arranged for Lilou the Pig to come pay me a visit. Oh gosh, friends, it pulled at my heart string so hard that I cried.
I mentioned to Indu that I've always wanted to meet Lilou the Pig (the first assisted therapy pig in San Francisco) but never got a chance to see her at the airport. Indu fucking made it happened!
We got to hang out with Lilou for a while. I got to see her bow, wave, shake, and play the piano! What? I had so much fun petting and just hanging out with Lilou. She even gave me a bunch of kisses. I smiled so much that my cheeks hurt.
It was such a wonderful surprise! I love giving people surprises but usually dislike being surprised myself but this surprise was very welcomed. Thank you, Indu! Thank you, Priyanka for lying to me.
The next day, I had the best birthday party ever because all of my friends showed up to hang out with me. My sister even took the day off to come hang out with me and my friends. She even set up a photo booth and took photos for us. She brought the red velvet cake from Ettore Bakery which has the best red velvet cake I've ever tasted. Priyanka got me two cakes, one from Schubert (also my favorite bakery in SF) and a vegan cake from Black China Bakery. I got three cakes!
It was the best birthday ever! I wanted to thank everyone for coming to see me and also thank everyone who couldn't make it for sending me well wishes and presents (even though I said no presents). It meant so much to me to have my friends there and everyone being so supportive and positive with me. I don't even know what to say to express my gratitude and explain how wonderful my friends make me feel. The positive feelings were just so overwhelming. It's like a euphoric feeling that could last me for a long time.
That weekend, I came back to Sacramento to be with my parents. Guess what? Some old family friends came by and brought me two more cakes! My mom took more pictures and I got a second birthday party. A total of 5 birthday cakes for me this year. If this is going to be my last birthday ever then I'm quite content.
By the way, I actually was born in the year of the Water Dog (I'm a labrador). Yes, 1983 was the year of the Pig but I was born before Lunar New Year which was some time in February of that year so technically, I was born at the end of the year of the Dog. I accept both designations of being a Dog and a Pig.
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