40

Ok, so today I turned 40.  No big deal.  Hali and I talked about it awhile ago and we agreed on no party, newspaper clippings or fanfare of any type.  We get up this morning and have a yummy breakfast and Hali and the kids got me a few gifts to help my triathlon training, fins, goggles, transition bag, etc, and made a very nice DVD for me to watch.  No big surprises, so we took off for work and school.  I dropped the kids off at school and drove to the clinic and as I pulled up, I saw a Hearse parked in my clinic parking spot!  Yeah, really funny, except it was parked facing the highway, where thousands of cars drive by every day.  They were honking, driving slow to read the "Happy 40th birthday Dr. Roderick" sign on the side and otherwise making a traffic jam.  That was pretty funny, but what is even funnier is that they decorated the office with streamers and signs from the ceiling last night.  No big deal, except this morning the heaters kicked on and started moving the ceiling streamers.  This set off the motion detector security system in the waiting room.  So, here come the police at 7:15 this morning.  They called and asked why the motion detector was going off and I was CLUELESS!!! So I told them it was no big deal and not to worry about it.  About the time I had Rexburg PD in my clinic parking lot, the guy with the Hearse showed up to announce my old agedness.  So we have had multiple calls today asking who died at our clinic because they say they saw the cops AND a hearse at the clinic this morning.  SHEESH!!!!!  They got me a cane, flasher cones for driving slow, prune juice, hair dye and a prescription for VIAGRA.  Seriously funny stuff today.  I have some very good girls that work for me, they have been scheming this for a few months and pulled it off pretty well.  I had no idea.  Then, they had to ask me this afternoon if I noticed that they were all wearing black, I told them "Of course I noticed", but in actuality I didn't.  I am a dork!  I work with great people, have an awesome family, and a fantastic life.  I am blessed!  I still tell Hali I feel good, and that I can still whip anybody twice my age.  Life is good, I am out.

Their announcement to the whole community about my age!