Big Week + 1 day

The Big Week started last Saturday when I was the nearly unsuspecting target of a surprise birthday party for my 30th year. We had dinner at Casa Portugal (fortunately their food preparation skillz far out weight their web design skills) and it was delicious. I also got a few things that I've always wished for. Namely a "I Dig Chicks" trucker hat, a "mullets rule" t-shirt with "30" on the back, and stick-on sideburns and mustache.

The Big Week continued on Tuesday when I actually turned the big-three-oh at 9:50-something in the morning. The fun continued with dinner by the window and the Top of the Hub. The food was good but the views were spectacular. It's fun to watch a city and more particularly, an airport, work.

The fun continued, no, surged forward on Wednesday when I found out that I'll be moving to Moldova for two years and three months. As a Peace Corps volunteer, I'll be working with grassroots NGOs on everything from a business plan, to fund raising, to web development, to actually volunteering and helping them get things rolling. Moldova is the poorest country in Europe and is still struggling with self-subsistence post-USSR & communism.

The fun still wasn't stopping on Saturday when there was a blow-out party at my place for the collective birthdays of Graham, Allyson and myself. We drank drinks, talked shite, stayed up late and suffered the following morning.

The fun finally came to screeching halt Sunday afternoon when I was telephoned by my father's wife. Apparently dad was drunk Saturday night and decided that he has to warn his neighbors about something and set of some sort of explosives. I'm not sure if the neighbors heeded whatever the warning was, but my father hopefully learned a lesson when the explosives tore off the majority of his hand. So far, his pinky finger is still attached, but it looks like the whole thing's going to come off at the wrist. Way to show the neighbors Pa.

I'll update the post with party pictures later. No worries, there won't be any pictures of my dad's adventures.