Huh, maybe I should start keeping track of my age in Binary, it makes this birthday appear like a lot less of a milestone.  Though will look like a lot bigger in a couple years when I get to turn 100000 years old…  Guess I will need to refine my time tracking methods by that point.  But there I go rambling, I must be getting old or something.  Oh, and to those people who swear just because you turn 30 you aren’t going to be old overnight, that’s a pack of lies!  The morning of my birthday, my hip seized up twice in ways it never had done before!

But enough of the ramblings of an old man.  Yes, I just turned 30, and it really seems like it came out of the blue.  But, I promise I will try not to complain too much.  The birthday was nice, had a somewhat quiet gathering with family, though really how quiet can you get with a 3 and 5 year old having access to a running hose. The food was fantastic, the company was great, and I was showered with gifts (and a bit of water… silly hose).  My dear wife got me a new camera for when I don’t want to carry around my whole DSLR rig, a shopping spree at the local media store (hooray for 20% off on birthdays + $100 in gift cards from work!), and a rather impressively beautiful Mahjongg set.  I must say I’ve missed playing, though we still need to find someone to play with us… so drop me a line and I’ll provide the first few games for free!  In addition, I received a couple more gift cards (Thank you!), a couple In-n-out t-shirt + hat (Thank you!), a really cool looking tv show (Thank you!), some sky-diving frogs (Thank you!), a hand turned wooden bowl (Thank you!), and a new sword (Thank you!).  But mostly it was nice to see everyone get together.  Even if it was a bit warm…  Good thing there was plenty of hose water available whenever needed!  And even when not needed!  Thanks again everyone.

In other activities, the need to grow plants is just as addictive as my friend warned me…  Currently in our tub-greenhosue we have 3 miracle fruit plants, a Dwarf Orinoco banana plant, and a few pretty smelling plants for the wife (Anise, Jasmine, and Lavender).  I’m wanting to get a Eureka lemon tree (found a place that sells them grafted on to dwarf rootstock) and a matching lime tree.   I need a bigger greenhouse…  Oh, and a house to put it in.  Details details.