Skip forward a few days to this past Friday....

Skip forward a few days to this past Friday? Jeesh, that sounds confusing. You know what I mean.

My friends Samantha and Mikey threw me the best birthday party a girl could ask for. I was a wee bit nervous about having a party to begin with, because I had this fear that no one would show up and then I'd feel like a loser. Turns out, people did show up....thank goodness. I got nervous again though once people started showing up, because I realized most of these people knew me, but didn't know each other. Five minutes later, I looked around and saw that it didn't matter....they were all having a great time and off having amazing conversations. It was pretty wonderful to be standing there in the middle of all of these amazing people I love and have them all in one place for a night. Lots of people exchanged contact info. There was a wacky photo booth and a fire pit (that I had no desire to jump over after plenty of fire jumping at the Warrior Dash of the previous weekend). A crowd of awesome kids helped me blow out my birthday candles. I would tell you my wish, but then it won't come true :) It was a lovely evening.

Woke up in the morning to people sleeping in their cars, cots set up out by the fire, people asleep on the couches and floor. Pancakes & mimosas for breakfast, then I was off to the farmer's market, lunch with Ayesha and home for a nap before the square dance shindig fundraiser at Sulphur Creek Farms. That's a whole other post though. Here are a few photo gems from the photo booth. I'll have a few more to post tomorrow from another friend's camera.