Last month I had my 30th birthday. Even though some people say they don’t feel any different, it’s kind of hard not to feel SOME different. 30 is kind of a big one so I wanted to make it special.
The night before my folks came up and took me to dinner at Z-Tejas. My Uncle Ron and Aunt Anita were able to come up form San Antonio as well. They gave me one of the most awesome birthday presents I had ever received - a mariachi outfit. I really can’t say why I’ve wanted one of these, at least the pants. Maybe watching Desperado too many times did it. The people from California sitting next to us were clearly confused by this gift and the accompanying “gritos” in the middle of the outside patio. I must say I am ready to sport these while riding around on the bike. I can’t hear you because of how loud my awesomeness is. Speak up please.
Linda planned an awesome party for me at the house. I had been wanting to do a brisket and put off “practice” during the week due to many activities during that time. So it was either “Do or do not, there is no try”, Yoda style so we went for it and bought 2 massive briskets. I wound up cutting the briskets in half and then “smoking” them with my new little wood chip smoking box i got for the grill. Hilariously i could fit only 3 of these things on my grill so as a joke I did the last fatty half on Linda’s little mini-webber. I couldn’t even fit the lid over the whole thing as it sat in its pan, it was like a huge brisket/webber sandwich. Surprisingly, the brisket actually cooked well and I only had to make coals for it twice over a period of about 8 hours. The briskets on the grill got done, and maybe a little too much, i should have pulled them off a little earlier, and supplied more wood chips into the smoker box more regularly. Not too bad for my first try, but I want to keep practicing.
Other than the brisket we had all sorts of appetizers and things that Linda made and that folks brought over. For my birthday Linda made me Italian creme cake in cupcake form. So delicious. Also Diane from the office showed up a little later with leftovers form her own party which was a crawfish boil! Phillip’s girlfriend Katy was right at home.
My mom cleaned the heck out of the house (Thanks Mom!), and we just had fun cooking and setting up for the party. When folks started showing up everything was right on time including the hail.
The hail came around 4:30 or 5 in the afternoon. It was large and scary so folks retreated to the safety of the Green Monster’s garage. Friend Lou was running around like a crazy person and got hit in the head, but he was okay. Many friend’s cars got dinged and I feel terrible about that.
The hail let up and the rain settled down as well and the party persevered. One bad thing about the property right now is that if it even sprinkles , the whole place turns into a mud hole which made for a hilariously dirty floor in an otherwise clean house.
Linda and Amanda had sourced a box of my childhood pictures from my Mom and picked out a few and made buttons out of them! There was quite a selection and you can see a few of them in the photo gallery. I had a special one that said “Birthday Boy” with a picture of me about 3 years old with cake all over my face. It was weirdly awesome that everyone was wearing them and getting a good laugh. I’ll never forget that.
My old buddy James and Alex made it up for the party which was awesome. It was sure good to see them. I got a new toolbox from Phillip and new power tools from Mike and Abraham (Z2D2! 
). I think i will build me a chopper motorcycle with my new tools while wearing my mariachi pants. Speak Up! lol.
My favorite part of the day was when I got to thank everyone for coming out and enjoying being at our place. It may have been the keg of Ziegenback that brought them out, but they were still there. Just Kidding yall!
As for my 30s, I reckon I’m going to turn this thing up to 11, break the knob off, and chuck it in the river. Good times ahead yall and I hope I get to spend them with you.
Enjoy the pics!
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