We went to my parent’s today for the annual birthday dinner for my brother and me (my brother’s birthday is in May and mine is in June and we normally celebrate both birthdays the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend). The dinner was kind of like a Thanksgiving dinner–turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, and the like. Everything was delicious, of course–especially the cheesecake we had for dessert. I got some cool gifts, too. My brother got me the latest Type O and NIN albums. My parents got me a subscription to Organic Gardening magazine and some recipe books among other things. We had dinner on the deck and it was the perfect day for that. I guess the weather should be no surprise as it is the “official” first weekend of the summer.