Happy Birthday, Lee!

Today is Lee's birthday (we are after midnight so it's begun!)

Welcome to the aging superhighway, though you are still six years behind me.

This is the part of the year when you get to be only six years younger than I, rather than seven, so I sound less like a dirty old man.

Lee's coworkers are taking him out to a quality Italian restaurant tomorrow (none of that Olive Garden shit! I prefer KFC to that...seriously!).

This is a nicer restaurant and though Lee tried like five times to get me to come along, I begged off five times.

He charms his coworkers and I will only add that "weird guy" vibe to the gathering so I refused.

Lee is such a loving partner that he insisted I choose something off the menu anyway that he can bring home to me. On his birthday.

And of course being a bellygod I selected something. They make a wonderful crusted sole there with spinach pasta and Roma tomatoes and I couldn't resist that.

Lee has a woman who has a major crush on him now. I feel so strange when I answer the phone when she's calling him to come out to a bar with her or to explain how she should cook something.

She is married and he's very gay so I don't worry overmuch but she so has a crush on him.

But of the people who will be at the gathering tomorrow it's only straight women and men.

Believe me, I check these sorts of things where my interests are concerned.

She's given him Valentine's Day candies and other sundry presents.

I told him I love his children but any more babies and I'm out the door lol.

Lee, when you read this you will be horrified but I don't think your "girlfriend" reads my blog.

God, I hope she doesn't.

Lee horrified me when I found out tonight he's told her the jokes I make about her obsession with him.

Thank god I didn't agree to go to the birthday lunch tomorrow.

We will celebrate before your gathering. And after.

En privato, as the Italians say.

Just don't forget my sole aumandine or whatever it was. It sounded yummy and I ate there a few times before so I know they know their stuff.

xo B.