Running in the Snow

I'm starting to enjoy it, actually. Plus, I finally watched March of the Penguins last night and realized my winter would be their tropical rainforest. Nothing to complain about at all.

Lifetime Moment

When I blew out the candles on my cake(s?), I didn't -- for the first time in I can't remember how long -- wish for thinness. I wished for happiness. I know it sounds cheesy and chick lit-y, but I'm over self-hate. I just want to love myself as I am right now. It's so much harder than I thought.

Now We Are...Thirty (What?)

Wednesday I thought would be all "Woe is me." Ryan had to work that night, my dad had some doctor-y thing he couldn't get out of, so I planned to have a mellow dinner with my mom and sister. Ryan sent me The Most Amazing Flowers Ever at work, which helped. And then I went to meet Erica and my mom for dinner, and Erica was sitting at a table for...12? I was like, "Why did they put you here?" She explained I'd arrived early for my SURPRISE DINNER! Sneaky Kelly Sue and my mom had gotten together and organized behind my back, those conniving ladies. It was a fantastic convergence of knitting friends, work friends, Pilates friends--all in all, I felt so lucky to know all these amazing people and that they would do something for little old me.

Back at Kelly Sue's, she presented me with a cupcake cake! I clapped. Here's the proof.