For my birthday, Mom came over and Will brought home Olive Garden take-out for us to eat before I crashed- clinical went really well that day, but by Thursday of every week, I'm lucky to see past 1930... which made our Friday night birthday dinner with Will's family especially fun- I did manage to not pass out in my steak and baked potato at the Village Tavern... but I can't say the same for the ride home. We are finally the proud owners of one of Miss Jean's famous blue jean quilts- and it bears the Opelika "O" from Will's letterman jacket as well as a "13" from his scouting uniform... an even better number after this January :) - and I promptly wrapped up in it and fell asleep during the short jaunt from the Summit back to our house.
On Saturday I met Mom at the Summit to run some errands- picked up my make-up from Belk, used my birthday giftcard to Victoria's Secret to buy their new Velvet perfume, and bought a new top to wear to Jenn's Mardi Gras birthday party that night....
... which was awesome! Jenn and Aeron did a great job decorating their house to fit the theme-
and putting together quite a spread-
(That would be gumbo and Aeron's homemade shrimp etouffee -um, wow- Jenn's birthday cake and a king cake straight from NOLA- needless to say, it was all fantastic!)
After 28 years of sharing a birthday and only celebrating 1 together (apparently an ice-skating party of which there is video evidence... though I have no recollection of it), we finally got to celebrate together :)
And the partying continued on Sunday as Will and I hosted our annual Super Bowl Soiree (excuse to get all of our friends together without the "birthday party" title). We had a great turnout this year- 15-20 total-
- and if Jenn and Aeron can bear to watch the Saints with a group, both Jack and Whit are present, AND friends with Monday morning anesthesia clinicals all show up, I know we're loved :)
Also on Sunday, this happened:
Meet Clementine- a Heinz57 I found wandering our neighborhood that afternoon. Quick rundown- collar, no tag, skinny, friendly, ~6months old, not spayed, loves playing with people and other dogs as well as taking naps in my lap. She's been with us for the past week and of course I already love her! Will insists we can't keep her, so we're currently investigating 2 potential homes for her. If these don't work out, I'll be calling on the 2 people that read this thing to help me out.
Since this entry is nearing marathon length, I'll leave the snow/5K/biking/Valentine's Day hoopla til next time.
Until then, Cheers!
Still so upset I wasn't able to come to the party :(
ReplyDeleteditto Justin and Marcie. and as long as we're still not the ones you're trying to give sweet Clementine to. ;)
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