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First let me say that I am not complaining. I have my family, a job and my "health". Buuuttt...

I had - against all better judgment - let myself develop a higher than normal expectation for my birthday this year. Not in the typical "I hope I get this present" type of expectation....but just in general. You see, this year I turned 33 and the number 3 is my lucky number (seeing as how my birthday is 3/3)....so naturally, I was kind of hopeful that this would be my lucky year in general. Heck, we are living in the lap of luxury down here in CR after all, so how can it be anything but great...right? (insert favorite snarky comment from Jen HERE...)

My day started like any other Monday morning...get up early, deal with kiddos and try to get to work on time...despite traffic being snarled all over San Jose. Ahh...success. I get to work only 20 mins late for my first meeting (due to a bus hitting an 18 wheeler) and I settle in for a long day of meetings from 8:20-5:00 with one half hour slot open...which will inevitably be filled by one of my employees wanting to ensure I remember who they are.

Oh yeah, Kade had a fever of 103 all weekend and I need to call the Spanish speaking receptionist to get Kade an appointment...check. I pick up the phone and after 15 mins I convince the receptionist that this is important and the doctor should come into work this afternoon despite a likely tee time I will be ruining. Check. Call Jen to let her know....she is peeeiissed off...power is out at the house again (happens at least once a month in the Trejos) which apparently is ruining her ability to make birthday cards and such. Anyway, the day goes on. I finally move a meeting so I can run home and watch Payton while Jen is at the appt with Kade...power is still out and Payton is not taking her normal nap.....power is still out...grrrr. That means I have to hold two meetings on my cellphone with crappy reception and Miss P climbing all over me. Thankfully one is just a 1:1 with my boss...and those are generally something you don't have to pay much attention to....

Finally get done with work for the day...power is still out. Guess we are going out for dinner. Kade still has a fever of 103 but for some reason thinks there is a party for Daddy at the restaurant so we still go to Outback (not that we have many options at this point). I think he only fell asleep on my arm two or three times at dinner....but at least he ate a bunch of mac-n-cheese....something I would be holding once more by the time the night is over!

Dinner is nice but stupid expensive since it is Outback in CR. We head back home "expecting" that the power is back on....nope....house is still dark. We light a pile of candles (which Jen had the foresight to buy when we moved here) and settle in for the present opening. There are 3 nice cards and 3 boxes. I open the first...a new coffee maker! Open the second, an IOU to get Kade a NY Giant jersey. Open the third, an IOU for a new camera lens. So as I sit there in the dark, I silently take note of the fact I have only one gift which I can not use since the damned power is still out....oh the irony. Life in CR!

We quickly get the kiddos ready for bed since there is nothing better to do and it is late anyway. I settle in with Kade and read books by candlelight. After about 15 minutes he starts to cough and grabs his stomach...oh crap. So I pick him up and book it for the second closest bathroom (since the closest bathroom has a leaky pipe and the floor is flooded...but don't worry, Carlos the maintenance guy will get on that sometime next week). Almost made it....well beyond the first bathroom but well short of the second closest bathroom, I catch most of the mac-n-cheese in my hands or on my shirt. At least we didn't have to change the sheets on his bed!!! Finally get him and me changed, get the leftovers cleaned up off the floor and get Kade back to bed. I end up spending the rest of a "sleepless night with Kade and a bucket" (good title for the movie)...but.... technically most of that happened on March 4th so I have absolutely NO reason to complain about that.

FYI - The verdict is still out on 33!!!! The good news is that we get to do it all over again in just 5 days (March 10th) since that is when Jen turns 33!!! JOY!!