I remember my Grandma Burch talking to me about age and birthdays and telling me that once you hit a certain age such as 83 you turn the numbers around and they become 38. She thought she was pretty clever and at the time I gave her the ha ha laugh and thought "crazy Grandma." Now that I am getting older, that conversation keeps coming to my mind and I realize she wasn't completely crazy. Not that I can turn my age around because then it would be 43 which I am so not ready for, but I've come to realize that I will be forever 25 in my mind. It's funny; my kids get older and every year I think, "How am I old enough to have a ____ year old?" It feels to me like I just graduated high school. I guess you are only as old as you feel, which is what I think my grandma was trying to tell me in her own little quirky way.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think 34 is old at least until Aaron told me that next year I would be 35. 35? I'll be halfway through my 30's already.... augh! Oh well, that is an entire year away. In the meantime, I have been thoroughly enjoying my day about me! I woke up and spent an incredibly lazy day hanging out in bed watching a movie on the TV. When I finally decided to get up out of bed and move to the computer, Abbi and Alex surprised me "breakfast" of Apple Jacks cereal and a homemade cupcake decorated in purple frosting. It was delicious! Especially since I didn't have to get it myself.
After breakfast, Aaron took the kids and told me to go get a pedicure. It was so relaxing to sit and be pampered. Mid-way through my pedicure, Aaron called and told me to not come home until 4:00. To which I quickly said "OK" and went off to shop all by myself. I browsed through the racks of Ross and TJ Maxx and slowly made my way through both stores and I didn't have to stop once to take someone to the bathroom or to tell them, "No, we can't go look at the toys."
When I got home, I was surprised with this lovely sight: Flowers, a birthday cake and an Ipad 3.
I was so surprised! Mostly about the cake. Aaron is not a cake-lover and in 15 years of knowing each other, this was the first cake he had ever bought me on my birthday! I loved every last bite of it!
The kids quickly lit the candles, sang Happy Birthday and told me to make a wish. They were so excited for me. They were so cute!
After blowing out the candles, Aaron and I went downtown to dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. We had a yummy steak dinner and I even got a yummy apple pie a la mode for dessert. It was delicious!
We ended the night by catching a movie at the theater. I had a great birthday and felt loved by all my family and friends.
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Sounds like the perfect birthday! You deserved it. Especially apple jacks and a cupcake for breakfast - so funny! Glad you were able to have some you time plus some time alone with Aaron. Your hair looks super cute. You grandma sounds like she was a fun lady!
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