Welcome to 40!!!

Well today was my 40th birthday, and contrary to what everyone was "planning", no big party happened, no surprise, no nothing. Now I should be upset right? NOPE! I had a great time. If fact, I can honestly say, I had an awesome day...compliments of Brian Dawley.

The journey began here.

Thanks to some borrowed gear, I'm gonna start playing Hockey on my 40th birthday.

The ice at the Toyota Center is amazing. I guess that's why the Kings practice there.

After a little over an hour of skating, puck handling, and agility drills, it was time to eat. You'll notice it was a beautiful day going into the "speed tunnel" connecting the 105 east and the 405 north.

Further evidence it was a nice day in fact...

...we had the AC on it was that warm on Jan. 18th, 2011.

I have a birthday tradition of eating at Denny's on my birthday. Big Slam, every time with eggs, hash browns, bacon, whole wheat toast, and a tall glass of Coke.

All in all, it was a great day. Tomorrow, I'll be purchasing my own hockey equipment.

Hockey Monkey....here I come.