So, my birthday wasn't so shitty after all. It ruled.

My dad, sisters(Jamie&Bridget, respectively), and my neighbor made it very awesome.

My neighbor, Skip, gave me a card and baloon. This pretty much made my day look a whole lot brighter. Skip is my nephew's best friend's uncle/brother(IDK, I'm kinda confused. lmao) and he's always keeping an eye on Chauncey when he(Chaun) goes over there to play. We talk once or twice a week, he's a really nice guy.

My sister, Jamie, gave me this big book of photos of the Beatles and all the captions tell you the story of their whole career. It's nuts. I've already been through the first 20+ pages and it's amazing. I was so giddy when she gave it to me!

My dad took me to Molly G's, the best Mexican restaurant you'll EVER go to. I mean it, once you go there nowhere else will do for you. From the salsa they give you right when you sit down to the 7-layer dip as an appetizer to the awesome meal, you won't regret going there. It's authentic as you can get, and if that's not testimony enough, it's ZZ Top's favortite restaurant in Memphis. Whenever they're in a 3 hour radius of Memphis, they make a big to-go order for 30 to 300 people. Back when they used to record here(7-8 albums were recorded at Ardent), Molly's was where they would eat.
(Molly G's is on Madison inbetween the Blue Monkey and Ardent Studios. Best locale ever. You can go lay a few tracks down, get something to eat, and then go drink&dance all within walking distance.)

ALSO, my dad got me amazing birthday presents. He took me to Spin Street and got me this big book/5-CD, 1-DVD thing for THE BAND(one of my all time faves), a John Hartford CD, and a Melanie CD. Yeah, this pretty much blew everyone else outta the water. I love my dad. :)
Bridget made my birthday good simply by being the first to text me "HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I LOVE YOU!!!!!" That made me smile really big. She's a good big sister. She and my mom are taking me out to dinner some time this week. I'm siked.

So, yeah, I had a birthday I didn't think I'd get. It was really, really awesome.