Anyway, I'm 25 years old now! Well, as of April 4th. I'm one lucky girl too. I had two birthday parties. Well, three kind of... Let me back up...
At the end of March I went to San Diego to take a brief vacation and then bring Bob back home with me. He'd been down there for three weeks. I missed him, and I'd been working like a machine since he'd been gone. When I got to the SD airport and he picked me up I almost didn't recognize him. He hadn't shaved for three weeks and had a full beard! He looked so different. And then I noticed that he was tan. He had this sparkle in his eyes that I hadn't seen in a while. He was wearing flip flops, jeans, some random t-shirt with an unbuttoned flannel shirt over it, and a trucker hat. He was back in his element and it showed. He was once again that cheerful and quirky surfer bum that I fell in love with 5+ years ago. Best of all, he was genuinely happy. That's something I hadn't seen in a while, and it made me want to cry for joy to see him like that again.
I decided then and there that we NEED to move to San Diego. Soon. Not just because it's beautiful, I love the beach and surfing, and the weather is nice and mild, but because Bob is healthier there--mentally and emotionally, which makes him physically healthier too. Living in Utah has been hard on him, which has made it hard on me too.
So while I was visiting for the week, we went surfing twice, we went and laid on the beach, walked around down town, visited the FIDM campus there and met with a counselor there, and had a really great time. We stayed with Bob's best friend Stan and his wife Lyssa. It was a good time.
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| Ahh.... I love the beach. |
Friday while I was there Lyssa was having a party. It was themed and we all made robot costumes. Before the party, I went to visit my cousin Marissa, and when I got back, I got surprised by several friends there since it turned out to be a surprise party for my birthday!
(That's the pretty version of what happened. Really, I'm kind of a control freak and when things seemed weird or fishy or inconvenient, I kind of threw a fit because I couldn't understand what was going on since I wasn't in control of it, then Bob unfortunately had to ruin the surprise of it to settle me down. I felt so terrible about it. Also, I realized that I still need more therapy.)
Lyssa made a really fun cake too. It was Wall-E shaped, and looked awesome. It tasted even better! Anyone remember our wedding cake at our reception in California? Well Lyssa made that, and this was the same kind. YUMMY. It's my favorite. Ever.
The trip was too short. Bob and I felt so at home there, especially at church with his old family ward. It just feels like we belong there, and coming back to Utah was tough. But we're staying here until we can figure out how to be able to make that move financially. Cost of living in SD is high, a moving van is ridiculously expensive--plus the cost of gas, we need a place to live down there, and we both need steady employment. I might be able to get a job at an Edible Arrangements down there, but I feel like I need more experience up here where I am before I'd be valuable enough to warrant a transfer down to there. Bob needs steady work down there, and we need to earn enough to pay our bills up here and save up for the big move. It feels impossible right now since we're practically scraping by.
Anyway, April 2nd rolled around and Bob threw me another party, only this one was not a surprise since he didn't want that headache again. I went out to The Spark with some girl friends of mine (what few I have) for yummy appetizers and drinks, and then went over to some friends' house for the party. It was fun, and even though it was late and not everyone got to stay for long, I was thankful for those who did show up. It meant a lot to me that I was thought of on my big day, considering that last year my birthday disappeared into Easter.
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| Bob wrote the "Happy Birthday" and my name on the cake. He did such a good job! |
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| I'm really a fat kid stuck in a skinny girl's body. |
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| Family & Friends |
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| It was my birthday, and I wanted to play Halo. So we did. |
I think the funniest part of that night was when Jennie Ray and Nichole were fighting over who was paying for my check at The Spark while the rest of us realized that Trina spaced-out and forgot to pay for her drink before she left. I just laughed about it. I was going to pay for it, but when Jennie and Nichole realized I had a check in my hands and was going to pay for that, they snatched it up and then argued about who was going to pay for that one too.
Classic.I'm so blessed to have such great friends and family.
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