The Big 3-0

Things were too hectic at the beginning of the month to really celebrate my birthday. And to be honest, I wasn't very eager to celebrate the big 3-0. I liked my twenties. I liked being a young, edgy, emerging artist. Now to be 30, I feel that I should be established or something. And shouldn't I have three or four kids by now? Hahaha. Anyway, I told Ryan that what I really wanted for my birthday was to see the new Jane Eyre movie. It wasn't released in Sacramento until March 25th so we postponed our celebration until this weekend and it was worth the wait. Joey and Elise came up from Oakland Saturday morning and we went with them to the new Crocker Art Museum. I was anxious to see an exhibit by Gottfried Helnwein: Inferno of the Innocents. Check out this enormous painting that we got to see from life.


After we got our fill of art, we met up with Jen and Wes from our ward at Queen Sheebas, an Ethiopian restaurant close to our apartment, and enjoyed a delicious meal. We used a restaurant.com coupon and were able to feed six people for $44 plus tip. I forgot my camera so I found this picture online that looks a lot like our meal:


They had baskets of very thin, slightly sour, spongy bread, and a huge platter of entrees. You tear off pieces of the bread to scoop up the meat and vegetables. It was a fun way to eat, and a little more sanitary than the communal fufu soup bowls in Ghana. Jonah didn't care much for the food but he really liked their music.

After lunch everyone came back to our house and we played Ticket to Ride while Jonah napped. It was a crazy, high scoring game! And finally, we got to see Jane Eyre at Sacramento's historic Tower Theater. Thank you to the Andre's who worked it out to watch Jonah for us while we went to the movie! Derek and Rachel from the ward also got to join up with us Jane Eyre so it was quite a party.


The movie was great. I could nit-pick a thing here or there but overall I was pleased. It was simply a wonderful day! Ryan also surprised me with a gift that he had been working on for over a month. He transferred and organized all of our photos online and cleared up 54 GB of space on my computer so it functions again! I feel optimistic that I can get back to my blog now. Thank you, Ryan!!! My next post...Jonah's birthday!