Deer in Birthdayfield. What?

I feel like my birthday has been spent in very exotic locations ("exotic", of course, being relative). Let's see, in 2003 (and other years) it's been at Camp Iroquoina, China in 2007, the cobblestone street of death in Pittsburgh in 2009, etc. 2010? Deerfield, Illinois! Whoooa! What did I end up doing on my 24th anniversary of being able to breathe? Took a drug test, of course! Because nothing quite says, "Celebrate good times, c'mon!" like going to the bathroom at LabCorp.


No, actually, there's a good reason for this. Aaron and I both got part-time jobs today! Yay for income!! So, the requirement was to get a drug test within 24 hours of the job offer. So we took care of business.


Anyhoooo, check these out:

Beautiful, right? Sunflowers are definitely in the top 5 on my list of favorite flowers (if not favorite things), so Aaron surprised me with some! You can't really look at a sunflower and be angry, unless it made fun of your mother, of course.

Aaron asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and all too quickly I responded, "A PEN!" We went to this awesome store called Stationery Station and a pen is what I came out with.

Cool, huh? I love the color, and it'll be nice to use for some overdue thank-you notes...!

And as if I wasn't spoiled enough, with the flowers and pen and drug test, Aaron also made me dinner...

...and CAKE!

Check out all of those patriotic sprinkles!!

And to end it all, Aaron has agreed to watch a Mystery Science Theater movie of my choosing. I wanted to watch this one, but it turns out that I don't have it with me, but there are still a plethora to choose from. All right--till next time!

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