Birthday News!

So, yesterday was my birthday. Which most of you probably already know, but in case you forgot, yesterday was the big day.

Anyway, the day was pretty amazing, and at the end of the day, I felt truly blessed to have the friends I have. So, here's a recap of the good news and the not so good news:

Wednesday I went to the Orthopedic Surgeon/Foot and Ankle Specialist (OSFAS) to talk about my ankle. It's been 8 weeks since the "incident" in Boston, and it still hasn't gotten much better. So, OSFAS examines my MRI and my ankle and says "there's definitely significant strain on your ligaments and some fluid in your ankle. We're going to switch you from the boot to a lace up brace and send you to physical therapy. If you're ankle isn't significantly better when you come back in 4 weeks, we're going to have to discuss more drastic measures like your surgical options". I. Almost. Fell. Out. Of. My. Chair. BUT I'm keeping my fingers crossed extra tight that 4 weeks will heal me and we don't have to have any drastic conversations!

On to the birthday celebrations!!

At first, I wasn't very excited about my birthday. I had been excited about it a few weeks ago, but the feeling just kind of dwindled as the actual day got closer. My parents call every year to sing happy birthday to me, and I guess I sounded terrible becasue my mom followed up by sending me a really sweet email to try and cheer me up. You know it's bad when your mom starts talking about the day you were born!!! So, that cheered me up a little and I tried to be excited about my birthday again. About mid morning I got a letter in the mail that said that my bffs Hilary and Danny had made a donation to the North Texas Food Bank in celebration of my birthday!! How awesome is that? Pretty freaking awesome if you ask me! Then, mid afternoon, I got a call from the receptionist asking me to come down to the lobby to sign for something....When I get down there, there was a huge cookie bouquet with my name on it! Also from the bffs Hilary and Danny. At this point, I'm really feeling the love. Also because I got about 1 billion messages from facebook, or text messages of people wishing me a happy birthday! And there were a few phone calls too! It was a pretty good day. In the afternoon, my co-workers threw me a cake party and we celebrated my birthday by eating "Create Your Own Strawberry Shortcake" it was delicious and again, I felt loved!

Onto the evening's festivities: Hubs wouldn't tell me where we were going or what he was getting me. I had thrown out about a bazillion places and gift ideas, so I truly had no idea what was in store for me. The evening started with me opening my present. If you're read my previous blogs, then you know what I asked for: a camera and a bicycle. Welp, low and behold there was a Nikon box in the bag!!! I asked for the Nikon D60, but a few months ago, we went to Boston and borrowed a friend of our sister in law's camera...a Nikon D40. Shortly after we got back, the friend told us that he would be selling the camera. I asked Hubs if I could buy it, but of course he said no. So, I was totally shocked when I opened the box and found the exact camera in the bag! It was truly exciting! For dinner we went to The Melting Pot, which sadly, I didn't really care for. The cheese and the chocolate were amazing, but the middle part of the meal was kind of lacking. I didn't feel like it was worth the money we paid for it!

Today, I finally decided to check the mail and there was gift card in the mail from my friend Janet! Janet is a strong believer in donating to different causes and actually donates to all of the charities I listed in my previous birthday blogs. So, instead of donating more, she decided to surprise me with a gift card that would help me towards my camera purchase!!! Again, I was totally shocked and excited!! I really do have some of the most amazing people in my life!

Tonight is dinner with the fam, and I'm really hoping for a bike...but we'll have to see!!!

I'll keep you posted!