Berck’s mom came in this weekend to celebrate his birthday. We had a lovely time.

Berck cooked his own birthday dinner: standing rib roast, asparagus, roast potatoes. I baked a chocolate, chocolate cake and French bread, and made artichoke dip (which had to go in the toaster oven because there was no room in the inn). There was much beer and wine and rejoicing.

Berck’s mom bought us a mattress! We tossed Berck’s old futon mattress in the dumpster. It is sooooooo nice to sleep on a good mattress. We drove all over Norman in Arthur reclining on mattresses, then ordered one to be picked up later that night.

My folks sent Berck a check for his birthday; it came tonight via UPS while we were eating. He’s terribly excited that he has some money that he can spend however he wants. After supper he jumped up and immediately started pricing car and computer parts.