28 + 8 days

fluffy cupcake card? yup.

I was going to do a birthday post ON my birthday, but a girl gets busy yo and before you know it, she's 28 years and 8 days old! Just like that. But better late than never ever, right? So here's a quick what's up to the day and events that celebrated me being a year older and a year wiser.

The real life story is, I always love my birthday day. I like waking up and thinking, hey, it's different today! And it's special because it's a mile marker day. It marks progress, which is almost always good, but specifically, I like having a day to remember and be happy about the goods and the greats. I like the natural surge of gratitude I feel on my birthday...for life.

Birthday highlights:
1. Early morning prayer time with lovely ladies
2. Giant blueberries
3. Walking to cafe during my lunch break so I could Skype with sister in Russia.
4. Birthday love and shout outs from family and friends.
5. Hot and sweaty run with Rusty the dog after work
6. Hot and sexy husband giving me presents, hugs and kisses, and a giant fluffy cupcake card (see picture above).
7. Dinner with said hot and sexy husband to eat whole fried flounder with sweet red chili sauce. I just had a hankering. I love fish.
8. Presents through snail mail!

I then got to celebrate more birthday with dear friends from New York in Virginia beach this weekend, along with birthday of sister-in-law, but I shall save that for another post. Thank you all for your birthday wishes and love that you sent my way, a fist pump for another year!

said fish.
(From Pad Thai, in Mechanicsville)

and I've decided,

I really like celebrating my mile markers with this guy.