Birthday Roses

Yes, you don't have to tell me... He did good! I was actually really surprised when I got the roses at work, I had so many other things on my mind this last week/weekend, I didn't even think about Jarad sending flowers. The picture doesn't even do it justice, it's from my cell phone... but they are beautiful and they smell amazing.

Today is my actual birthday, I'm very fortunate to have so many people who care about me, it seems like I've been sharing my birthday with all of them all month long! My Birthday party last Saturday was perfect, I honestly do not think it could have gone any better, I loved having my family and Jarad's family together, I wasn't even nervous about it, I was a littler nervous about cooking for them all, and the food being good, but having everyone together was really special to me, and especially because they came together FOR me and of course for Jarad.

I don't know what I'll do tonight for my actual birthday, I'm not feeling 100%- I don't know if it is just allergies or if I'm fighting a bug but my throat hasn't seemed clear all day and my head is a little achy. Jarad will be coming to Omaha tonight, so I know at least we will probably go out to eat... other than that, who knows- after seeing Vicki's pictures of the Old Market it sort of made me want to go down there, just because I haven't been for a while, but then we have to fight traffic, etc. - Although, dinner at Speghetti works and a stroll downtown with the nice weather might be a pretty nice and relaxing way to spend the evening of my birthday... hmm...

On a sadder note, Please keep my sister-in-law, Missy- in your thoughts and prayers, she has been in and out of Cancer remetion for the last 3 years, and three years ago on my birthday was when She found out she had cancer, so that kind of sucks, the last update we have had was from about 3 months ago and it was that the cancer is back however it is barely if at all growing, so she wasn't going to do any chemo or anything yet, she has two adorable babies under the age of 2 and didn't need to be feeling like crap, so I guess we will see what today's diagnosis says. My brother and the two children I love most in the world need Missy, so again keep her in your prayers.

Ok, I don't want to cry at work! Plus it is my birthday, and I have so much to be thankful for, and so much to look forward to, people keep asking me how I feel about turning 23, my Mom keeps saying it like I'm 30 or something, I guess I don't feel any different... find me at 25 and if life is still exactly like it is now, maybe I'll feel a little different, but I'm happy with life as it is, as a 23 year old.... another couple years and maybe I can dig in the dirt ;)

Happy Birthday to Me! and Enjoy your Day!