22 in 10: bittersweet birthday

Esh did not recover fully from his illness. An excruciating headache and buzzing sound in his ear is what he complained of and it was his day. It was his birthday 05/22. A kind of a milestone in itself. A general midlife is what they say. Was this illness on this birthday a midlife crisis synonym? No way can do!

Sam and Anin got in a surprise dinner for Friday, surprise Tiramisu cake for Esh, which he cut at 12:00 midnight, the start of his day. It was very sweet of Anin and
Sam, very thoughtful to bring in the surprise candles too that said "eshu re" to put on the cake. :) A nick that I call for esh. The dinner - chili paneer curry and sprouts spinach daal that Anin cooked was yum m.

Tanay kept all our birthday eve shopping of balloons and his choice of 'red rose with gerbera' bouquet a secret and he slept with it. He was sleeping at 12:00 when dad cut bday cake.
The next morning when he woke up after everyone, I asked him in his ear
"Remember the bday? today is papa's birthday".
He jumped on his feet and wished Esh "Happy birthday papa". He took papa's hand and walked him to dining area and said "Surrrpriseee" :)

Then saturday afternoon during lunch was a surprise visit by friend Sreeraj after a long time. Later in the afternoon we started playing Rummy. Sam and me tried our hands first time on the game. It sure was lot of fun. The phone calls from Mummy-nana, Mamma-papa and Deepthi-Sindhur to wish Esh for his day made him very happy and feel special. The entire day was happy inspite of birthday boy not in his pink of health.

We went to California Pizza kitchen for dinner only to find closed for the day. The hungry tummies made us stop at Friendly's on the way and eat some not very interesting grub there. But it was the awesome ice-creams at Friendly's that ended the day. The bittersweet day started with eating Tiramisu cake and ended with an ice-cream - a complete satisfaction for the sweet tooth. Happy birthday to you Esh! Love ya.