IT'S MY BIRTHDAY AND I'LL RIDE MY HORSE IF I WANT TO....

Yep, it's my birthday again. Who would have guessed I still wouldn't have Maxine home with me for this birthday??? Not me. Not Mok. Not Mother. Not my sisters. Not anyone. I would have at least thought I would know where she is, who she is, how old she is, etc... but alas no referral yet.
So I spent my birthday at the barn with my mom and my equine baby girl. At least she(my horse) behaved herself today for her momma. But nothing could compare to yesterday when I got to ride 2 of the greatest horses ever. Of course they aren't mine....yet. ; ) But WOW they are amazing animals. Thanks to RTS for letting me ride them. : ) So, we are off for a yummy birthday dinner tonight at AOC. Maybe I will capture some video on my new FLIP video camera. : )

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These are the small plates we had at our table for dinner. YUM!
goat cheese, dried figs and saba
roasted dates, parmesan and bacon
house-made foie gras terrine (OMG!!!)
marinated beets, olives, fried chickpeas and feta
gnocci with lobster, pancetta and truffle butter
lamb, grilled flatbread, favas and pine nuts
rabbit ragoût with dijon, chestnuts and tarragon (Mok ordered the Easter Bunny...yuck.)

NO NEWS IS NOT NECESSARILY GOOD NEWS...in this case.

Well, as you all probably know or have guessed, we were not included in the May batch of referrals either. Soooooo...in case you lost count, we (all Nov 2006 expedited LID families) have been skipped 5 months with no referral. That means no expedited referrals have been sent out since the beginning of December. (*^*^@%#^@#)(_)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They (the CCAA) stopped sending out expedited referrals right before they got to our LID. Oh, lucky &%%@*$@# us. NOT. Yep, that's what I said ....no expedited referrals have been sent out since the beginning of December!!!!!!!!!! No reason. No word. No explanation. No idea. No guesstimate. No nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada. This referral purgatory has taken a turn south. So, that's about it in the No News category for us. Stayed tuned for the slow and painful descent into Olympic hell of travel dates, no referrals, and exorbitant travel costs.
PS. The Olympics are 8-8-08 through 8-24-08.