Today I turn 31. Hooray for me! I had a good weekend, although I didn't go to Heuco with "the kids":http://apadventures.net/. The weather forecast looked a little crappy, and I had some stuff to do around here, including a little pre-birthday dinner with friends. Turns out it "rained but was climbable":http://www.apadventures.net/archives/2005/02/seeending_in_th.html both days, so a little bit of a bummer that I didn't go, but I had a fine time here as well. Did the dinner thing, and also got out for a lovely bike ride on Saturday (lovely until I got a flat on the back tire and didn't quite realize it until I bent the rim a tiny bit).

This coming up weekend is the group trip to Vegas, which should be loads of fun. I hit the casino for a bit yesterday for the free food and sports pool, but it was the coldest cards I've ever seen; I think I played 3 hands out of the big blind over the course of 4 hours, and steadily had my stack ground down each orbit. Oh well, it happens.

The weekend after that my dad and evil stepmother (not really, but we like to call her that) will be out visiting. If you want to make sure that you get a lot of family visiting when you move away, go someplace where it's warm in the winters. Since I've been here for the last 5 months, I've been visited by both "sisters":http://feralboy.com/log/archives/001340/ (although Laura's visit doesn't really count, since it was when "she helped me move":http://feralboy.com/log/archives/001199/), my best friend, my "mom and stepdad":http://feralboy.com/log/archives/001300/, and my evil stepmother (twice!). My dad coming out completes the friends and family circuit, and I'm excited for him to see me in my new environs.