today

the philosopher and I joined 13 other people at the lake for a birthday in honor of L's grandmother and myself. Sylvia turned 83 on the sixth and I turned 22. We got off to a late start on a rather cool and cloudy day but had a good time all in all. The philosopher and I got schooled at pickleball, hung out the the grandparents, chatted with aunts and uncles and cousins and friends, sat out on the dock, and feasted on (garden)burgers. I also received a pretty awesome cadeau! I'll admit it looks a little bit like a fisher price toy in person but I can't wait to start taking it out to play!

happy birthday to me!

Today I turned 22.
Yikes!
I can remember being in 5th grade
absolutely unable to imagine the year 2005 - -
when I would be graduating from high school.
Whoa. Time flies.

Even though I had a test yesterday
and I'm prepping for another tomorrow,
today has been a very nice day!

I woke up to a cup of coffee and a plate of eggs,
cooked with love by my philosopher,
followed shortly by a phone call from my mom
singing happy birthday.

I received a phone call from someone special
that I haven't heard from in ages,
got one of the most special letters of my life
{from my philosopher, bien sûr}
AND I got a surprise present in the mail!

Remember my recent wish
for a cute little red sewing machine?
Well, I just got one!
{I love Amazon but I love Kay more!}

special delivery for a special day

Earlier this evening, the philosopher and I took a nice little float across the Sound to spend some time with my mom on the island. We ate some Mexican food, talked, watched "What About Bob?", and played some skipbo. Oh, and I got a couple birthday presents! As per my request, my mom gave me a little bit of saving money. She also footed the UPS bill to transport a very special stamp collection from Texas to Washington. So here I am headed to bed the night before my birthDAY, six giant boxes of nostalgia and postal history richer. THANKS MOM!

the street i live on in my head

{photo found here}

My birthday is on Thursday and the philosopher has been sneaking around our place making all sorts of secret arrangements to surprise me this weekend. I feel so happy and excited I could just burst!