Wednesday, April 11, 2007
My 25th Birthday!
Well, can you believe it? I'm 25 years old now... a quarter of a century. I feel 25 years old just becuase I've been preparing myself for this birthday for the last few months. I guess I thought it would be depressing to turn 25 or something, but once it got here I had been thinking about turning 25 for so long it didn't seem odd. Maybe turning 26 years old will be hard?I'm thankful for my friends and family who made my birthday special. It started a week early with Michelle, Christin, and Kari (all girls from my small group). We went to the Olive Garden and enjoyed a delicious meal! The servers even sang Happy Birthday to me Olive Garden style!
By the way, Christin...my soon to be roommate, is the one sitting directly across from me. Toward the beginning of my birthday week, a freeze warning went out. I was quite sad about this considering all the spring flowers were already blooming! So, I did what any girl would do...I cut them and brought spring inside! I used my Grandma Verna's tea pot for the vase and it worked pefectly!
It snowed off and on all week...including my birthday! I only remember it snowing one other time on my birthday and that was when I turned 15. I also had mono that year. Here's a picture of our back yard deck I took on my birthday...proof that it did indeed snow.
My parents sent me a birthday package so I decided to open it up at work on Friday. I was pleasantly surprised to find new dishwear inside! I love the cheerfulness they bring! They're pictured below.
After the Good Friday service at church Christin, Michelle and Andy (Michelle's fiance), and I went out for icecream at Cold Stone Creamery. Yummy!
Betsy and Gerson called me first thing in the morning on Friday and sang me happy birthday. Gerson even sang in English while harmonizing...I was quite impressed! I spoke with Peter for a half hour on Saturday. It was quite a treat since I havn't been able to talk with him since he was deployed in January. And then I wrapped up the weekend with Andy and Elissa at their place on Sunday. We hung out, took naps together, played Dominos and ate some very yummy food! Andy and I had a fun wrestling match and luaghed until my stomach was sore. All in all, it was a great celebration!
Jamie at 8:23 PM
