Happiness….

There are probably going to be way too many photos in this entry, but what the heck, right?

Last thursday, My very best friend Stacy and her mother came to visit me aaaaaall the way from Saskatoon for my birthday!

Here is a photo from the last time Stacy came to visit. I was about to turn 21.

We met fall of 1995 in the fifth grade. Two of the schools in our hometown ran an advanced class (Honors, so to speak) from the 5th-8th grade and they picked their students from various other schools across town. Stacy and I were both apparently pretty smart cookies.  On our first day of class, we were all seated alphabetically. One girl asked to trade seats with me because she wanted to sit next to a friend from her old school. We were given the go-ahead and I wound up sitting next to Stacy. The rest, as they say, is history.

I was a little bummed out because I was unable to get the weekend off at work because of the holiday. I mean, I understood, but still. We had a good time regardless. On Saturday afternoon we all went to the beach. I took James back into the surf. Once he realized the water was no longer cold, we had a great time.

(clearly, I’ve changed quite a bit since the last time Stacy came to visit)

That night, we drove into Houston (James with my mother in law) and we went to Cafe Adobe for dinner. It wasn’t that great. El Toro is better if you ask me ;)  Then we went to Dave & Buster’s and I learned a very valuable lesson. If you have not played Dance Dance Revolution in years, and you have had a couple of margaritas, Now is not the time to challenge your bff to a throwdown. However, we did manage to make it to the third round so we did better than most people that climb up to that machine.

I did get pretty spoiled for my birthday. Gloria and Stacy swept me off my feet and got me a Nikon D40. Rob got me a camera bag and accessories… And a purple ipod nano (The first thing I thought of, was Maddie…) My brother in law and his girlfriend got me a gift set of bath products from Victoria’s Secret which was exciting based on the sole fact that it meant that some thought was put into the gift instead of the usual target gift card.  Everybody else got me Visa gift cards or cash, which is great! I need clothes SOOOO bad!  So Katy (who didn’t show up to either party) and I are going shopping tomorrow. Possibly.

Here are some random birthday party photos…

Everything was purple. I guess I’ve been thinking of Maddie a lot more than I realize.

Adults.

Older, maybe a little wiser. Probably not.

Her visit was too short. Sweet, but short.
I have the next two days off of work. No plans other than tentative shopping. My house is clean. Nobody is coming over. I don’t have to do anything except be mommy. Yay!! Maybe I’ll even squeeze in another update.