Recap of my Bday weekend

Phew, another year has passed. The picture to the left was the last picture of the night and is a great depiction of the male caveman tendencies. Grab your woman, throw her over your shoulder, flick off the otha brotha's and head out the door!

I had such a fabulous time on Friday. I am even proud to say that the next morning the hang over was very minimal! Which was better then I can say for the young girl I was working with.

today, I was able to have some well deserved down-time. I opened the windows, the doors, and grabbed a book (self-help of course!) and ran out to the pool. Lately I have been reading a book on issues of abandonment. The book Love Me, Never Leave Me, by Marylin Meberg is very good. She is a funny lady who writes like I can assume she talks. Actually I have seen her talk at a Women of Faith conference in Tampa. She is full of spice and life. My mom bought me the book as a Christmas gift and I am now MAKING TIME in my schedule of two jobs and full load of school, to enjoy the little moments with a good book and some vitamin d.

Time actually brings me to my next thought of... with the time I have been given here on earth, have I met my goals? Where do I stand? I have always given my self short and long term goals. I have noticed the times in my life when everything was sooo a-rye, was when I had no goals for myself. I am always looking at my life as a whole and seeing if I am doing what I wanted to be doing... I think that part of this is good; challenging myself and then having periodic check points to make sure I am still on track. Other times however, I find myself trying to control situations that I know I should not control and should just let happen. I am on a constant journey, trying to figure out how to sometime kick back and let things play out and when I should move along.

I guess as I am reading this above section I know I am not ready to come to terms with what is floating around in my brain. I think that is why I read the books I do. Maybe it is a good sign that I should start back at church?! I think I need to get over my fears of going alone and just do it.

Enjoy some of my favorite pictures from my twenty-fourth birthday!

My Pine-Apple Upside Down Cake...Shot

I wish I knew what they were laughing about, but they look like little kids, so, happy!



You can tell I will one day be an educator, even drunk, I am doing mathematics!

Kevin and I on the spot look... love how we have the same look (this was not staged!)

Dancing to I think Sweet Caroline