"Wow." I think that word describes what Saturday was pretty well :) It was all so surreal that I'm honestly still reeling from it now. The day was filled (and I mean packed to the brim) with surprises, smiles and laughter and I can't tell you how much it means to have all of my favourite people with me on any given day. You each had a part of what was an intricate mystery that Bev had weaved, and looking at everything as a whole I have to say that it came together perfectly because each piece represented a special part of my life. Let me REALLY dive into the sappiness now :)
(In order of appearance)
Ellen/Na/June
First surprise of the day! I was just standing at the front of the store doing the crossword when I see Bev running up from the corner of my eye. When I looked up it was actually Ellen-san! The thing is, you actually had me going for a moment there saying that it was just a coincidence lol. I loved our little "birthday booth" that we setup. (Na, everyone especially loved my emblem!) It made me feel like we were back at Waterloo, minus June! And June, thanks for calling from HK! It sounded like you were trying to be extra quiet.. was your fam sleeping? (Sorry if they were!) It wasn't the same without all 4 of us being there. I had such a good time chatting with you girls, I really didn't want to leave (and it showed because we ended up staying half an hour past our allotted timeslot which meant everyone else had to wait that much longer.. sorry!)
Tiffany/Sean
My favourite cousins :) How Bev came in contact with you guys was a mystery, but I'm glad she did! Sean, I'm still not sure where you were hiding intially but you definitely fooled me >:) How much fun did we have playing Mario Wii?? With all the jumping, throwing each other and bubbling, I think Mui was laughing more than she was playing lol. I bet you guys are kickin butt in Mario even as I write this email..
Holim/Alice
You know what? I was so stupid to not have realized it by this point, but when I saw you two "making out" at Chapters, I totally thought that it was coincidence! :\ I was so excited about how hard I wanted to burn you two for the PDA that I guess it didn't cross my mind that you were actually there to burn me.... hahaha. Good job on that. Also, I wanted to thank you two for opening up your house to all of us at the end of the night. I think we may have found a new, homey, and most importantly, central location for our games nights :D
Aaron/Carmen
I really have to apologize the most to you two. Your station was right in front of the frozen dessert aisle at Loblaws. I hope you weren't standing there for the entire half hour that I was late! For this leg, I know I should have killed the clue cuz it was all math, but there was so much running around and so much pressure to get it done fast (I wasn't even sure why I had to get it done fast other than to not look slow/stupid) that I was making mistakes left right and centre. Thanks, Aaron, for staying for dinner even though you had another dinner... at 10pm?? Thanks for making it out, Carmen!
Ken Chau
Bah! Of course Bev would make me battle it out with the game master. I was winning too, but I must say that you did pull a highly skilled move to pull ahead at the end there so I'm willing to swallow my pride a bit to tip my hat to you, sir! I really wish we had time for a rematch, though.. in due time :) Thanks for not going easy on me just for the sake of my birthday, although I know that's not your thing anyway. Also, thank you so much for Dominion! I know! We will do our rematch there and surely I will get my revenge hahaha. We'll also have to combine our sets for a super game!
Zenith
You were, by far, the biggest surprise of the entire day! Coming up to the fountain, I was kind of thinking "Sarah's next" and when I saw you sitting there I was floored, dude. I knew you were coming back sometime these holidays but I didn't know when exactly so I was going to call you the week after anyhow, but this was way better. It was good seeing you, good catching up even for a bit. I missed you.
Adrian
Yo, all I get from you is a phone call? I thought you'd surprise me with something decent at least. Zenith flew from France and you couldn't bus it 500km to make it out for your brother? Whatever, man, whatever.
Sarah Fong
Sarah! You know, the moment I caught on that Bev contacted all my favourite people (which, as I said, wasn't till pretty late in the game), I was hoping that she got a hold of you. But by this point, I thought the chances were slim. And then BAM! There you were at HMV holding the A.Keys CD. Well, you weren't there exactly when you were supposed to cuz you wandered off somewhere looking at DVDs (hahaha), but it eventually happened and it was awesome. Also, thanks for helping out with the word jumbles. I think Bev would have gotten frustrated again if she had to give me another answer to her clues. lol
Stu
Dude, at the end of the hunt, I was like "something's missing..". I guess when you're sitting at the top of a fantasy league, you're too good to bother looking down, eh? ;) hahaha. Just kidding, I know you're hella busy all the time. We'll get together for your bday :)
Trace
Whistler, Food, Friends, VANCOUVER!!! Those are the only reasons I'd let you off. You wouldn't even get off with "Kangeroos, Mates, Koalas, Australia" ;) When you're not so sick and have more energy, we shall meet and catch up!
Josh
You were either out closing a huge business deal or in New York City pampering your girl. Either way you were taking care of big things. Too bad I couldn't catch a hold of you. It would have been a blast!
Bev
I know this thank you note is long overdue, but it has also given me a chance to speak with some of the friends and fam that you've planned this all with. The more I talk with people about it, the more I realize how intricate everything was! Other than the fact that we were 30 min late for almost all the events, I think everything went seamlessly. What blows my mind even more is the fact that you've hit exactly the best parts of my life. Exactly! I guess you're 3 for 3 on bday presents now :P I can't think of anyone else who could have pulled this off the way you did. Thank you for one of the most memorable bdays ever!!
