Did you find a birthday present for the bother?
I have to run out in a bit and get more mulch. Then this afternoon I'm calling apartments and finishing my hair - did the all-over color last night, it looks great, today I'm putting in the highlights.
I didn't really birthday shop yet. This morning was a selfish self kinda trip. ;-) I got some good dark chocolate (the only kind I's supposed to have, and only once in awhile), some almonds, some steelcut oats, and some more mate tea stuff. The chocolate is the baking kind - a bulk bag of random chunks, but very good quality Belgian chocolate. I'm going to melt some and mix in a few almonds for dessert one of these days.
This afternoon we're probably going to Wal-Mart and such like in search of bother gifts. I have no clue what to get him, so we'll see!
Oh, and I just finished rereading PoA. It was interesting reading it with a more complete perspective of what different things meant. There were details I didn't catch the first time.
I'm feeling a bit softhearted toward Sirius agin. I mean...after all, he DID lose his best friends, had all his other friends think HE did it, and spent 12 years in prison for their murder. That's rough. Very rough. No wonder he's a bit grouchy at times...