sometimes habits just fall into place without you noticing.  for the second weekend in a row we found ourselves sitting around a table too late at night playing a game that involves dominoes, trains and well, with my rowdy group of friends — a whole lot of talking, random outbursts of song, and much laughter.  i’m not sure if two times in a row qualifies as a tradition and i can’t say what we’ll be up to next weekend, but this train game is certainly one of our favorites.

we played tonight in the midst of celebrating a birthday.  the birthday boy bought steak for all of us (completely wrong, right?), i made a cake, and we called it a party.