The Aftermath

I had such a great birthday!! I was surrounded by my family and my close friends. My in laws were unable to make it since my MIL has been really sick. She went into the hospital for a week on the 19Th for having a heart rate of 120 before they gave her 2 breathing treatments. But, anyways... Back to my birthday. My best friend Tricia came out with her boyfriend, Kevin; Jimmie was there with her group of friends (the ones I like); My sister Alicia was there and took the kids for the night; Mike and his obsession, Jenna; another couple of good friends of mine; and the rest of my family. My mom put it together for me at her house. We had a really good Cajun brisket and a spiral ham.













The cake was the best though! My mom, maw-maw, and sisters searched through 3 huge blue plastic totes for 5 hours for all of my childhood pictures. They then chose one of me at the age of 2 on my first tricycle at Christmas to put on my cake. It was soooo adorable!!! I got some pretty cool stuff also. My mom and Brian bought me RR's 365: And no repeats, a watch, a cute shorts outfit, and a gift certificate to get my nails, toes, and eyebrows done. She actually pulled off tricking me, too. She had shown me these cute orange shorts and some cute tops that she had gotten on sale at the dreaded wally world. Come to find out, she had shown me my birthday present!!! I was laughing my ass off when I opened my gift only to see what I thought were my mom's shorts!!! My friend Tricia and her Boyfriend bought me a dozen pink roses, too.

My grandparents got me this really AWESOME dragon thing... I don't know exactly what it is, but it is sooo nice! All in all I had such a wonderful day. Except when I went to leave... The fuel pump went out on my car!! Which was sort of expected since the type of car I have go through the damn things every 105,000 miles. Mine has twice that much!!! But, the good thing was we got it fixed the next day and my mom let us use the car that night. Steve and I went out to Stetson's Nightlife. Yes, on a Sunday. But it was nice to go to a place like that and not have the rowdy crowd that they normally have. We danced, played pool, and I got addicted to the damn quarter machine. Steve got me pretty buzzed with one shot (a Buttery Nipple with Bacardi), 1 Sex on the Beach, and 1 Tequila Sunrise. The drinks were really cheap so, my drinks were only like 5 bucks. So, the curse of horrible birthdays are over! I guess it is finally time for me to let go of my grief and be happy. I have a wonderful husband, amazing children, loving friends, and a family that I wouldn't trade for the world. Tomorrow I am off to help a friend clean her house. It's really nice to spend time with people who love and care about you. Well, off I go. I am exhausted!!!