I like cards, cake, and flowers

Aw, man. Alls I can say is that my weekend was fantastic thanks to some awesome friends of mine. I didn't expect much out of my 23rd birthday. It's not celebrated as a huge milestone, but it was probably my favorite. We'll start with the fact that I'm off FB. Let's all admit, those of us who have or who have had FB, that it is nice for your wall to be eat up with "happy birthday!!" I was afraid I would miss that. But, no. Hearing it from people that know when my birthday is without a status update makes things extra special! The fact that Steph and Co. had a get together to celebrate with me was tight. Low key. Cool people. Cards. Great food. Good games. Fun times. No boos.. Flowers*. My cousin also text me a bday wish at 12:01. Cute, right? I wound up going to a wedding on the actual day. It was nice! It was nice because I was able to travel a little bit with the Agape kids, check out a beautiful English garden, and have lunch at Cracker Barrel with some more friends all before coming back to veg out, watch a movie, and eat some scrumptious cake. I just felt LOVE all around, all weekend. Love through greetings, wishes, cards, and presence (literally, being around people). Thank you all :)

I will say that I missed my family being around...and Gerilyn, Jaime, Nate, and Ashley.

I've also been staying alone in the apartment for the past couple of days while S. Jackson stays in Millington. It's kind of nice being here, a prelude to living alone. I like being able to buzz around and do my own thing- run around however you want. It's quiet...which will probably take a while to get used to. However, I do like having Jack around. We don't see each other much, but it's still good to know that we're here together for the meantime.

I've been getting some sun, too! I like that Vitamin D! It's so soothing to lay out. I've also been hittin' the Jillian Michaels. She makes me mad enough to finish her workout. That's legit motivation. AND I shopped partly organic last week. It's expensive, but me likes. Which brings me to a recent thought. I like change, I also like consistency- but change is nice. I guess I like a core of consistency and an orbit of change. It's interesting to me how we can strive to change something very consciously for so long, but most change seems to sneak up on you. I've grown in friendships that I didn't expect, I'm in the midst of dropping bad habits, and hopefully growing.