Holy crap I'm 40!!!????

Take a deep breath, stay calm, be strong...Screw that, I just turned 40! Who the hell said 40 is the new 30? Wrong! I started my birthday off at 3:30 in the morning on May 7th. Kendall got in from watching the midnight showing of Iron Man, which woke me up. I went to the bathroom, talked to her about the show and when I got back to bed Tony handed me an envelope. I was confused. I opened it up and found 4 pieces of paper folded. I opened one and saw Cher...it took a few seconds to register, probably because I'm now old, or the fact that it is 3:30 in the morning. Then I realized - I'M GOING TO CHER IN LAS VEGAS!!!!!

Now let me back up some. About two months ago I decided I wanted to do something really cool for my birthday since Tony wouldn't be here. I thought about Las Vegas and I knew my mom loved Vegas as much as I did, so I talked it over with her. Then we decided to invite my sisters, Megan and Sarah. Celine Dion is no longer performing there and The Lion King was not showing the night we would be there. Then it shone like a beacon of light...CHER!!!! My sister Sarah and I got so excited! So we checked out prices, show dates, hotels etc. This went on for about a month. I wanted to buy the tickets already but my mom said..nobody can really go we'll do something else. I was pretty bummed. Then I thought of meeting my friend for a cruise out of Miami. That didn't work out either. Then my grandma got really sick and all plans were put on hold. My mom had so much to worry about, that we cancelled the trip and started planning a funeral instead. Once grandma was put in hospice, the funeral was planned for May 8th, the day before Mother's day. Grandma did pass on April 24th (I'll blog about that later) and plans went into motion. Tony called and said that he could possibly get leave to come home for the funeral! Oh happy day! Long story short, he did come and it was great to have him home!

During all of the excitement of Tony coming home and the funeral arrangements, any thoughts of anything big for my 4oth birthday went out the window. That was until 3:30 a.m. May 7th! Apparently Tony called my mom a while ago and asked what needed to be done to get me to Cher. He told her he would pay for the tickets...all 4 of them! And these are the primo seats! So everyone knew but me and it was an awesome surprise! Thank you so much Tony! As you may guess I was so excited and surprised I couldn't get back to sleep. So we put in Sherlock Holmes and ate ice cream!

I went to my chiropractor appointment in the morning then we headed to Cave Creek with a truck full of tables and chairs to set up at my grandma's house for the funeral luncheon. We helped my aunt set up and decorate, then we went to Macaroni Grill for my birthday lunch! Love that Chicken Scallopini. We got home, got the kids and headed to the movies with 20 other family members to see Iron Man 2. It really was a great day. I loved every minute of it!