But honestly? My birthday was great. I have amazing people in my life who made my day (and basically my entire weekend) super special. 27 feels like a special year.
Every year since I was about...23, I tell myself "this year is going to be the best one yet!" And uh, every year seems to kind of suck overall. I'm not saying I haven't had good things happen to me - I've had some great things happen, but I would say ages 23-26 have probably been the suckiest times of my life (can we say, "divorce"? "death of soulmate dog"? "some serious yo-yo dieting"? "career troubles"? ....yeah. you can say it all. and more.)
So this year, I will say two things: I don't expect anything more than a mediocre year! BUT I do expect (if this weekend/birthday was any indication) my year at the age of 27 to be full of surprises.
Are you wondering what kind of surprises I have had these past few days? Ok, I'll share a couple....
Surprises like this:
My co-workers surprised me with, not one, but 3 birthday cakes!
And then I got flowers from another co-worker!!!!! Puppy shaped ones!
AND...maybe the best surprise ever. My 3 favorite people in New York City schemed together to throw me a surprise birthday party on Sunday! I was brought to a super cool Steelers bar to watch the football game with my friends! Thank you so much to everyone who was there. I love you. :) I ate so many buffalo wings...oh boy. AND they had pierogies!!!!!!!!!!! I mean, could you make a Pittsburgh girl any happier? We had so much fun.
The Steelers didn't win...but we had some good moments. I believe this was after we scored the touchdown and got ahead in the 4th quarter. I had to snuggle the terrible towel.
"Who are we? USC!" The Upper St Clair Alumni ...and a random guy photo-bombing the picture.
The Inner Circle: Amanda, Taylor and Abby - thank you so much for an amazing celebration! I am so lucky to have each of you in my life.
