6/10/11 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ME!

YAY, it's my birthday. The big 2-8. It's hard to believe...soooooo close to 30! Where does the time go, seriously?! I love birthday's...mine, everybody's, I just love them. I love to celebrate birthday's and make people feel special on there's. I only wish everybody felt that way though! Every year, Christian asks what I want to do. Every year, I say nothing. My birthday is at the beginning of summer, when calendars start filling up and it's hard to plan anything. On top of it, most people I know don't seem to be very proactive about assuming when birthday celebrations will be held, so unless you give several months notice, people just aren't available. So, I always end up taking it personally, and get my feeling hurt because the turn out for my birthday celebrations is never very high. This year will be no different, but in the end, I agreed to celebrate, and we'll be going out tomorrow night. Even though it won't be a big crowd, I'm excited to get out, and I know those that really care will be there to celebrate with me, and that's all that matters!Today I went to work like normal. My mom came over to watch the girls, and gave me a Visa gift card...YAY, new clothes, here I come! I headed on into work, and it was a pretty standard day. For my work celebration, I requested Dairy Queen cake and Taco Dip, and that's exactly what I got. AND, it was delicious! My mom brought the girls in to celebrate with us, and they gave me some flowers and a card. It was too cute, and they were a hit, as usual.

Christian arrived home around 3:00, and took to our WAY overgrown lawn right away. He finished shortly after I got home, and gave me some flowers and a card as well. YAY for flowers :) We ordered some Thai food for dinner, and took it easy. I was pretty exhausted (well, I am old, so...), and headed to bed right after the girls went down. Party animal for sure!

So, 98% of my day was WONDERFUL, unfornately, there was some bad. As I opened the mail after work...IT had arrived...my layoff notice. What a great birthday present! I knew it was coming, and I've tried not to think about everything too much, but actually seeing it in writing, and having that black and white proof, was a hard pill to swallow. But, I quickly filed that away, and went back to enjoying my day. We'll just have to see what the coming weeks brings at this point.

So, here are some pics, the good and the bad...