OK... I suppose I should talk a bit about the awesome treasure hunt adventure. I'd like to give it more time, but I'm busy busy these days so my posts have to remain short. I'll share a picture of all the materials I was given, that I've taped to the wall to continue to savor it.
It started out in the morning with an envelope I saw outside our front door, as I was about to go for a run. Inside was a mysterious letter, with what looked like a wax seal, telling a story about magical powers passed down on the families 40th birthday. I immediatly knew this was the work of Suzannah, but spared her the pain of trying to hide it, and just thanked her profusely for the absolutly delightful, amazing and wonderful suprize, and told her how psyched I was about this. The letter had specific time frames, so I had time to finish my morning routien (very thoughtful) before I went to the local gaming shop and wispered the secret phrase to the store owner, who then gave me a bag full of packages that said "side quest" which involved a modern polaroid camera and a journal with prompts on each page, which I needed to take pictures of to complete (still working through that one, as it was 40 entries long). I then went back to double check the game shop owner hadn't forgotten anything, because I was supposed to get a map from them. After a bit of confusion, they realized/found the map, and I was on my way to various locations, to match up the magic symbol envelopes with "a person representing that decade of my life" to solve the puzzles included, together. Doing this was as much fun as you might imagine, as I got to meet friends and solve puzzles together, putting together an over-arching message. You'll see in the picture, if the resolution is good enough.
In any case, to keep from talking about it for too long, there were lots of fun little occurances, synchronicities, and mishaps along the way, while getting to go on this adventure with some of my best friends, and solve the mystery to unlock secret powers.
So, far and away the most amazing birthday I've ever had, (even if it wasn't technically on my birthday.) I've always secretly wanted to have someone put together a treasure-hunt/adventure thing like this, for me, but didn't want to ask, as it is way too much work to ask of anyone. Suzannah had been working on it for months, in secret. I have no words to express my gratitude and thanks and awe at what she put together for me, and for all the people involved in it. (shoutout as well to Lila Quests with Chris Grace and Haley Spitzfaden for helping Suzannah create it. That kind of thing is their job and they are great at it <3 )
This birthday was very full of gratitude, for how far I have come in life, for how many of my wishes and dreams have come true, or are coming true, and for what absolutely spectacular people I have in my life, as best friends, family, and my amazing wonderful partner. I feel deeply deeply blessed, and just hope I can pay forward some of that blessing to make other people's lives better as well, in my work and volunteer activities and personal life.
With love and lots of gratitude,
Isaac
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