#BestBirthdayEver

I'm not sure how September snuck up on us so quickly. All week long I've been thinking that it doesn't feel like it could possibly be my birthday yet. I figured maybe once you hit a certain age your birthday simply doesn't feel as special. Then I woke up this morning and BOOM - it was my birthday and it was pretty much the best birthday ever! There were actually FOUR birthdays at work today, which made it so much fun. Kim made fresh-squeezed orange juice for us, Greg brought flowers for me and Kelsey, Rebecca took me out to a fancy and delicious lunch, and a beautiful bouquet of fall flowers arrived without a card indicating who they were from!

Rebecca thought they were probably from Chuck and I said "Not a chance in the world - Chuck doesn't send me flowers at work!" I actually called the flower shop and it turns out they were indeed from Chuck Wadey! I told him I thought this must be the first time he's ever sent me flowers at work and he replied "Definitely the first time in 2015." HA! I had asked him to go grocery shopping over the weekend and have Clark pick out flowers and a cake while Aurora and I were at the Marathon Relay, but poor little Clarkie was sick so the boys stayed home. I ended up baking my own cake (which was delicious) and I certainly did not expect to get flowers.

I also got cute cards in the mail from my parents, Bernice, Nancy and Susanna & Johnny. Susanna's card included an awesome photo circa 1953. Aurora made a card, but she wrote something much more profound a few days back that I wanted to share instead. She found it in a book called Lifetimes and said she could tell it was very important...

Such a sweet girl. I asked Clark to please not cry today as my one birthday request, but that was asking too much. He did get very happy after eating a slice of that chocolate-peanut butter cake! Everybody kept asking why I came to work on my birthday, and I have to say - being at work today was awesome. It truly was the #BestBirthdayEver and I feel so loved. I'm not sure what the last year of my 30's has in store, but I will do my best to enjoy every day of it. Also, I think tomorrow I should probably eat a salad...