Happy Dance
So, on Friday we (two of my brothers, my dad, Antonio Ledesma, Brandon Andersen and me) are driving back from Christ the Redeemer camp, and we're all groggy and, well, yeah. So we drive to Antonio's house to drop him off, and Dad says I should help him bring his stuff in. Okay, so I do that. When we get into his house, Antonio's sister, Victoria (who is coincidentally one of my good friends from school) is there to greet us. I observe streamers and balloons on the walls. Hmm...kinda weird. After hugging her brother, Victoria says that she has a surprise for me. She directs me to the doors to their den/living room, opens them, and suddenly:
SURPRISE!!!!!
Did I mention that Friday was my birthday?
Anyway, a good number of my friends and all my non-camp-participating family were lurking behind that door, waiting to give me a coronary. They all did a good job, too. Upon seeing this spectacle, I jump about three feet in the air and immediately run in the opposite direction. Eventually, they help me come to grips with this surprise party. To be honest, it didn't seem real at first. Ever since I'd left camp, I'd been expecting to go home, zonk out for a while, and celebrate my birthday the following Saturday...not immediately after simply dropping a friend off. It was awesome, though. Those moments when I was initially surprised and when I came to realize that my friends and family had been planning this for months, totally without my slightest inkling, are probably going to be burned on my memory. And then, of course, there was the actual party, but that didn't quite have the flashbulb quality of the moment when I opened those doors.
Anyway, in short, I love my friends. I have some great ones. And what's really great is that my family (hooray for them, too, 100,000x) threw another party for me on Saturday, during which I got to see even more people that I hadn't seen the previous day. And then there's also the fact that my parents and grandparents pooled their resources to get me this SCHWEET digital video camera. Hahahaha, gloatgloat. My amateur filmmaking career begins now.
Wow. Just...wow. I'm such a lucky dude.
SURPRISE!!!!!
Did I mention that Friday was my birthday?
Anyway, a good number of my friends and all my non-camp-participating family were lurking behind that door, waiting to give me a coronary. They all did a good job, too. Upon seeing this spectacle, I jump about three feet in the air and immediately run in the opposite direction. Eventually, they help me come to grips with this surprise party. To be honest, it didn't seem real at first. Ever since I'd left camp, I'd been expecting to go home, zonk out for a while, and celebrate my birthday the following Saturday...not immediately after simply dropping a friend off. It was awesome, though. Those moments when I was initially surprised and when I came to realize that my friends and family had been planning this for months, totally without my slightest inkling, are probably going to be burned on my memory. And then, of course, there was the actual party, but that didn't quite have the flashbulb quality of the moment when I opened those doors.
Anyway, in short, I love my friends. I have some great ones. And what's really great is that my family (hooray for them, too, 100,000x) threw another party for me on Saturday, during which I got to see even more people that I hadn't seen the previous day. And then there's also the fact that my parents and grandparents pooled their resources to get me this SCHWEET digital video camera. Hahahaha, gloatgloat. My amateur filmmaking career begins now.
Wow. Just...wow. I'm such a lucky dude.
posted by James at
1:22 PM
