Happy Birthday Brian

Today my son Brian is 24 years old. He’s making out pretty good with presents this year. Brian asked me to pay for a brake job for his car as my birthday present to him and his girlfriend Cheryl bought him a bunch of nice things and is taking him out to dinner tonight.

Last night, Cheryl gave him his presents; a few shirts, a DVD rack, a case for his CD's and some Godivia chocolate. Brian loves Godiva chocolates almost as much as his late mother Barbara did.

Since the brake job is for all four wheels on his car, including new heavy-duty rotors, I just gave him the birthday card and 20 'Bingo' scratch off Lotto tickets this year. Barbara used to buy him the scratch off Lotto tickets every birthday and holiday. The Bingo scratch-offs are his favorite, so she always made sure to get him some of those. I sure hope he wins a few bucks.

A couple of days ago I asked him if he would like to go out to dinner tonight for his birthday, but he said no. He said his girlfriend Cheryl was taking him. She asked him first, so what am I gonna do? He told her that he wanted to go to the 'Good Steer'. He said he remembered the three of us (him, his mom and me) going there when he was younger, so that's where he told her he wanted to go. He told me he doesn't remember much about the place, because it’s been so long since he’s been there, but he does remember how much we all liked the onion rings. They make the best onion rings.