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i had a meeting about my n. ireland spring break trip today.  and i got shoes.  very, very cute shoes.

it was a good day.

one weird thing happened, though.  i got a list at the meeting of how much money i had left to raise and it had the check from my grandma on it (i had already turned it in.)  the weird part, though?  the check said lois and selby debelius (my grandparents names.)  my grandpa was in a skilled nursing home with stage, oh, 20 out of about 10 stages. anyway, he died on december 14 (sad, not weird.)  ok, here's the weird part.  the check was deposited into my n. ireland account on the 14th.  the same day he died.  like a goodbye gift or something.

i started tearing up in my meeting.  but it was really cool, too.  like, closure or something.  i don't know.

Currently Listening Breakaway By Kelly Clarkson see related

well.

sarah was kind enough to take me to dinner for my birthday last night.  i was so excited.  (and may i add, if YOU take me to dinner, i will be just as excited.)  we went to gengis, then rolled (literally) over to coldstone, where i ate about, oh...4 bites of ice cream.  then sarah followed me back to my house to get her book from my darling sister.  :)

so we walked in the front door and my mother, from the living room, asks me what i brought her...my thought?  "ummm...random."  anyway, as i walk back to see her, i notice a piece of streamer taped to the back door.  as i'm puzzling over why the streamer is taped to our back door, i was ATTACKED.

yes.  attacked.  with 3 whole bottles of silly string. 

i always thought that when someone planned a suprise party for me, particularly when one lived with me and the other was my best friend, that i would catch wind of something.  but no.  i was COMPLETELY suprised.

basically, it was great.  so thanks guys.  :) 

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i had the best birthday ever.  i didn't get expensive presents, but i spent time with so many different people, and i went to the girls retreat the day before, and it snowed on my birthday weekend, which NEVER HAPPENS, by the way.  :)

and even though i got SOO sick on monday and tuesday (20 hours of sleep between the two of them...) and missed school (oh, darn...) i feel so much happier because of the sleep.  and i didn't lose any money when i was key at work.  life has been downhill, which is a nice feeling.  [[emily, thanks for the bulldozer.  :)  ]]

i am so blessed.  to echo amanda's xanga: "isn't life beautiful?"

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i woke up at 10.  my voice sounds like i've been a chain smoker (i'd say 3 packs a day) for the last oh, 50 years.  and i feel achey all over.  i have to key close at work tonight.  which i wouldn't mind except that i feel so sick.

on the plus side, i got to miss school.