My birthday surprises

Well, I told about a few of my birthday surprises, but I didn't tell what happened the rest of the day.
We were supposed to meet the Elders to go around the city and take pictures. (Picture to the right - view of Пенза (Penza) and me. Below - my district at one of the monuments, in the back is me, Sister Блохина (Bloxina), and Elder Бордун (Bordun) - front, Elders Wellman, Christianson, Olsen, and Montandon) We did. I was expecting something as simple as, Happy Birthday! but no one mentioned a thing. The only thing that I got was my notebook back from Elder Бордун where he had written Happy Birthday. I was ok with that, but I thought it was weird that they couldn't even wish me happy birthday.
We took many pictures until finally the Elders had to go write home. We had written home earlier, so we still had time before English club that night. (Picture Below - another picture of our district with the shoes that I bought for my birthday. From left to right - Elders Бордун, Montandon, Christianson, Olsen, and Wellman. In the front, Elder Мельничук (Melnychuk) and Sister Блохина) We decided to go to this restaurant called Шоколадница (Shakoladnitsa which means something like, A Little Chocolate) and eat lunch. That was really nice. It was really good. We even got some ice cream. Then, after using the restroom, we went to the river to walk along it and relax before we had to go to English.
When we got to English, everyone was waiting outside. All the girls came up to me, hugged me and wished me happy birthday. I guess Ирина (Irina) had told them. Then we went upstairs to wait for everyone to show up. Ирина started asking me what the Elders had done for my birthday. I told her that they hadn't even wished me happy birthday. She became a little upset and told me that they aren't very good Elders, that there are much better ones. Finally, the Elders showed up. (To the left - this plaque says, Their glory is forever, Remembrance of them is sacred. We put our name tags on the plaque, just for kicks) A few of them wished my happy birthday when they got there, in fact, I think all but one did, after Ирина mentioned to them that they should have.
We had English club and afterwards, we went down to the Elders' room. Two of the Elders had left (we took turn doing English club because we only had 2 levels), but the rest were in the other room. I don't know why we went down there, Sister Блохина (Bloxina) made some excuse for it. When we arrived, they finished up class, and then they brought out a cake and started singing happy birthday. It was a nice surprise. The Elders who had left had made a cake. I guess they had been planning it for a little while and had wanted to do it before English club so that everyone could be there, but it didn't work out for them to be able to do that. So, it was nice to know that they didn't forget.
Finally, we went home. When we arrived home, I suddenly realized something horrible. (To the right - as we were walking to the restaurant, we saw this funny little clown and had to take a pciture) While washing my hands at the restaurant that afternoon, I had removed my CTR ring (the one that had belonged to my brother) and left it on the sink. I completely forgot until we were home. I cried out to my companion and explained. She said, oh well, its gone now, I'm sure someone has taken it. I explained to her what that ring meant to me and that I couldn't lose it. She didn't even hesitate. Even though it was already 8:45 pm and we were supposed to be in our apartments by 9, she called the ZLs to tell them that we had to leave and that we would call them when we got back.
We ran down to the bus stop to get a taxi so it wouldn't take too long and drove to the restaurant. The entire time I was praying that we would be able to find my ring. The taxi waited for us while we literally ran inside. We checking in the bathroom, but the ring wasn't there. Luckily, while we were looking, a woman was cleaning the bathroom. (Picture to the right - at English club, Марина (Marina) wrote Happy Birthday to me on the board. She is the one on the left) I asked her if she had found a ring by the sink. She asked me what it looked like. I explained, and she told me to wait a little bit. She finished what she was doing and came out. She had the ring! I can't even tell you the relief I felt at that moment. She didn't work the next day, and so if we had waited, it surely would have been lost forever. Thanking her, we left, ran back out to the taxi and drove home.
We made it home by 9:30. I was so relieved that I didn't lose that ring, but from them on out, I rarely wore that ring, too afraid that I would lose it for good. All in all, I had an eventful birthday.