257205275_132b5a7ea3_o[1]…I’m coming up on 40!

OK, it doesn’t have the ring to it that the actual “Matt is 40″ would have, but due to schedule constraints we had to have the party last weekend, a week early, so I guess it will have to do.

We had attended a 40th birthday party before at the private room at Incred-a-Bowl before, and it was a blast.  Bowling, cash bar, cake — what else could you ask for?  So when the time came around to where we were looking for a venue for my party, we remembered the bowling experience and looked into it.

The evening ended up being pretty fun.  We kept the guest list down a bit; it was a combination of family, some friends from work, our church small group, dinner club, and some other friends we’ve known for a while.  The groups mixed very well, with some interesting connections between folks that were discovered as they talked.

There was just enough time in the two hours we had the lanes to get in 3 lines of bowling, which went well.  I bowl so seldom any more that by the time I’m warmed up my hand is getting tired, so I never broke 150, but it was still a lot of fun.  I don’t think “feed the chicken” will ever have the same connotations for me again.  I avoided drunk bowling, although from the sounds of the other lanes those who did probably had the most fun, if not the highest scores.

At any rate, I actually turn 40 in about a week (September 6th) so I’ll report back then whether there are any immediate physiological changes once I get to the date proper.