Saturday, February 5, 2011

Day of My Birth

You'll have to talk to my Mom if you want all the goopy, gory details about the day I was born. She can probably describe it for you contraction to contraction. Nevertheless here am I at the young age of 24. I'm very excited about my 24th year of life; 23 was just kinda like "eh no big deal...nothing special" except for graduating college, being PE major of the year, and moving to a state that I had never been to and is pronounced ORE-GUN, not ORE-GONE. OK I guess kinda bigger than I thought. Turning 25 is half way to 50 so I'm not going to even go there. haha. 24 is my favorite number, my basketball number, my man's number (Jeff Gordon). Let's just say I think it's going to be a good year.
Today was basically awesome. It started out with a 60 minute massage from a lady whose hands should be ensured for millions, because her touch was gold and I drooled a massive pile of saliva onto the floor. At noon I met up with my friends Songbird and Jason who said they had a surprise day planned for me. We drove to the coast to a town called Lincoln City where I was scheduled to glass blow at 3pm. Needless to say I was SO very wicked excited! But kinda nervous at the same time because let's be honest, I'm no Martha Stewart. If I could bounce, serve, or hit the glass ball I probably would have been better off. It turned out great though! I made a round "float". A float is a glass buoy that fisherman used to use to tie their fishing nets to before plastic was invented. To this day on the Oregon Coast different colored floats make their way to shore holding a mystical story of their time at sea. The one I made today has different shades of purple swirls (go figure) and also some purple "dots". It's hard to explain, the glass has to cool for 18 hours so I couldn't take it home today. I will post a picture when it arrives via the most careful and sure footed UPS man to ever deliver a fragile package. (I hope).
Next we went to a restaurant in Newport, OR which is another coastal city. The food ranged from pasta, felafel's, to burritos. All with the option of vegan, veggie, or meat. On Friday evenings there is live music. The folk, jazz, acoustic guitar player Brian (as he described his style) even sang Happy Birthday to me. Everyone else seated at the array of booths, tables, and bar stool turned and clapped as the wife of the owner brought out a chocolate cream dessert for me. The consistency was not cheesecake, but not as light as moose. It was a cream, made with semi sweet chocolate. A very yummy place I will be going to again for sure!
The night ended perfectly at midnight with my favorite frozen yogurt place in Corvallis, OR called Yogurt Extreme! The only extreme thing about it is that you serve yourself the frozen yogurt, which I have seen get pretty extreme for some people. My favorite is Dutch Chocolate and Raspberry soft serve married side by side, paired with fresh blackberries on top. (can you tell I've been watching too much Top Chef: All-Stars) 
 My day was full of fun and memories. I feel like a very special girl surrounded by people near and far, (and on Facebook) that love me. I look forward to 24 being the best and brightest year yet. :)

1 comment:

  1. I am thrilled you had a great birthday!! I too pray (and believe) that "24" will be a good year.

    Love You;
    Dad

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