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<\/a>When I got to work the next morning, Caitlyn came\u00a0to talk to me right away. We spent a bit\u00a0apologizing to each other, ensuring each other that apologies weren’t necessary, then apologizing for the earlier apology. It went on like that for an hour, at which point the robot’s clock must have kicked in, and it interrupted us with a cheerfully beeped\u00a0“HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEANETTE.”<\/p>\nMy what now?<\/p>\n
OHMIGOSH<\/p>\n
How did I forget my birthday?<\/p>\n
“How did you forget your birthday?” Caitlyn asked. \u00a0I couldn’t explain it.<\/p>\n
“Stuff! \u00a0I was busy and … things.”<\/p>\n
“That’s okay!” she smiled. “I booked us seats at Chez Llama, we head over after work.”<\/p>\n
“I get to talk to you every day at work,” she reminded me. \u00a0“This is time to hang out with your friends!”<\/p>\n Sergio even stuck around long enough to help pay for dinner, even though Caitlyn argued that she had it. \u00a0We said our good nights, and they all wished me the best for the next year.<\/p>\n Time to get on with life, I suppose.<\/p>\n chapter 28…<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Birthday Surprise When I got to work the next morning, Caitlyn came\u00a0to talk to me right away. We spent a bit\u00a0apologizing to each other, ensuring each other that apologies weren’t necessary, then apologizing for the earlier apology. It went on like that for an hour, at which point the robot’s clock must have kicked … Continue reading “Jeanette, Chapter 27”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[35,28,14,22,32],"class_list":["post-902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ross","category-jeanette","tag-birthday","tag-chez-llama","tag-kimberly","tag-sergio","tag-skylar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1229,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions\/1229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a> But when we got there, all they had was two separate tables, for five of us. \u00a0I was surprised to see Kimberly and Sergio, but they both gave their birthday wishes, and I think we were all going to be fine. \u00a0Skylar arrived as well, and it was great to see her looking so good after childbirth. \u00a0Which must have happened…. yesterday?<\/p>\n<\/a> It was weird to have Caitlyn sitting alone, but she assured me she was fine.<\/p>\n<\/a> I guess. \u00a0She was close enough to carry on conversation, so it worked out.<\/p>\n<\/a>After dinner, and several glasses of wine, the waitress brought out the cake. \u00a0I silently wished Aiden could have made it, and blew out the candles.<\/p>\n<\/a> Apparently Skylar can play the trumpet. Where was she keeping that?<\/p>\n<\/a> The waitress came by with a steaming hot tray of more wine.<\/p>\n<\/a> The cake was amazing, the wine great, and the friends fantastic. \u00a0It was a wonderful night out, I couldn’t thank Caitlyn enough for organizing it.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Late into the night, I trundled home. \u00a0Next year? \u00a0Good grief. \u00a0So this is 30, eh? \u00a0All adult, apparently.<\/p>\n