yesterday was my lovely mother's birthday. today is my birthday. without my lovely mother's birthday my birthday would not have been possible. life is cool. i thought today was just gonna be another day with work (which it was) and coming home to an empty house (which i did) but it turned out to be almost perfect. almost...but not quite. i haven't had a birthday with my family around me in way too long. i miss everyone. and i still haven't talked to any one on the phone! where is everyone? are you all gonna surprise me by showing up on my doorstep any minute now? i wish that were true....
but...back to the perfect bits of my day. i got jolted out of deep sleep at midnight by nick jumping on the bed and yelling something about birthdays and a huge brown paper package wrapped up in ribbon sitting on my chest. i think i incoherently tried to be civil and unwrapped said package through slitted sleepy eyes. it was so fun to see nick's huge grin and excitement--an amazing way to start a birthday. he got me one of those super duper memory foam pillow thingies because i complain about neck pain every second of every day and always talk about how i want one of those super duper memory foam pillow thingies but they're so expensive and i feel wierd spending money on a pillow but geez my neck always hurts.....you get the picture. so he woke me up so i could sleep better. and i did. it's a little bit like sleeping on a cloud. when was the last time you did that huh? then nick came to work during lunch bearing a massive sunflower plant and a spectacular present from sister katelyn and a book from suzanne (i like to read a little bit. i don't know if you know that about me...)