Par-tay!

Yay for awesome friends! So I've been told the past couple weeks that I was going to be taken out by a few friends for my 21st birthday. The plan was much different, however, which I realized when I walked into my friend's house to 30ish people shouting "SURPRISE!!" I was most definitely surprised! Heat rushed to my face at that point, convincing me I was blushing badly. It's times like these I get a greater glimpse of how gullable I really am, because what I realize now is I could have picked up on some of what was going on...probably. But I'm glad in this case that I didn't know...I really enjoy surprises. :) One particular friend has been planning this since June, and was scheming along with my family in CA about what all was going on. They colleced $300+ dollars for me to buy a really nice digital camera! So that's really exciting. And I have a bunch of flowers and such, now adding a sweet aroma to our house. So fun. I feel very loved, so very blessed. I also heard from some people I don't talk to very often, one being Courtney G (her birthday was Saturday!)...it made my heart smile to get to catch up with her. :o)

I am going to showcase one of Becca's poems (or songs?) that she (I assume) wrote for me (y'all didn't know she was a poet, did ya?):

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
YOU LOOK LIKE A TURKEY
AND YOU SMELL LIKE ONE TOO!

Touching, eh? :)

No drinks yet...Lauren gave me a voucher tonight for "one free margarita"...so we'll be going out sometime soon. I've managed 21 years without drinking, I think I can handle another week or two. I'm kinda excited, though!

Good night, dear friends.