birthday.highlights

2.12.11
went on a last minute 24hour Vegas bender with a few friends...










lucked out by getting a room at mandalay bay with an incredible view.






2.13.11

woke up to a message from my brother-in-law singing "nobody likes you when your twenty threeeee"...

...&another message from his wife singing her favorite girls camp song, which she used to wake me up with every morning, "there was a great big moose!".

later that day, the coolest little brother called and sang happy birthday to me in his proud new alto voice (his choir teacher finally moved him out of the soprano group- highlight of his year!)

the best mom ever made my favorite magnolia bakery vanilla cupcakes.











she also threw a party for me, minus me, and really enjoyed my birthday cake, again minus me










i was fortunate enough to receive a trip to San Francisco with my mom &lovely stack of books. now if only I could find the time to read...













2.14.11
i celebrated the rest of my birthday with my family by eating mint chocolate chip icecream birthday cake (or at least what was left)... except we only had two candles, so brother &dad got creative...

i'm here. &now, i'm ready.

today, i have been in a ridiculously good mood. &honestly, its been a while.

maybe its because i stayed up much too late gabbing and gushing about beautiful actors, enticing movies and fashion magazines.

maybe it’s the fact that chose to sleep in &skip my eight o’clock am physiology class. &didn’t feel bad about it. at all.

maybe it’s the freshly dyed hair. the healthy shine. the silky texture. the smell. it always make me feel renewed and adds a boost of much needed confidence.

maybe it the idea of a new yet not so new prospect.

maybe its because i am making plans. big plans.

maybe its because i will be turning the ripe old age of twenty three in just a couple days.

maybe its because i have been treating my self to some much needed retail therapy.

maybe it’s the fact that i finally sold petey, the pt cruiser who has been neglected for the past few month since mellow yellow mini marcel was adopted.

maybe its the copious amount of deliciously new music I have recently acquired.

maybe its because, despite my lack of current motivation or desire to attend any of my classes, in just two more weeks, seven more exams and one project i will be done with third quarter of pa school, the hardest quarter by far. &i survived.

whatever the reason may be, i like it.