27 SAY WHAT?!?

So I turned 27 on the 29th. I share a birthday as you may know with Oprah and Tom Selek, and my second mom the lovely Diane Scott. I'll admit this past year has been amazing, but pretty dang hard. Matt is gone on pretty much a constant basis which I completely understand but still wasn't completely prepared for. This leaves me with the brunt of the child raising, which was expected, but it's just hard. The thing I miss most is the weekends. I miss just spending a whole Saturday with Matt, not having to share him with his upcoming test or paper that's due or watching the clock to see when he will be home. I miss going to places with him whether it be Sam's club or even Walmart(he hates Walmart). C'est la vi. It is all paying off though. Matt is doing really well in school, I mean really well. Lately he has been trying to find a human skull to buy so he can study the bones better. I mean really, that's dedication. Enough of that.

I had a good birthday. My friend Candice was so sweet and watched our kids so we could go out to dinner and do a little Nordstrom Rack shopping. Then a week later my friends and old roommates took me out to lunch at the Grand Lux. We had the worst waiter but we had a great time. Erica brought pictures from when we were roommates and so that was fun. Some of you may remember but when we were roommates I was quite over weight. Looking through the pictures was a reminder of what I used to look like. Years ago I had thrown out all my fat pictures because that was a different time in my life and I didn't like what I looked like. Seeing them again was a reminder of the accomplishments I have made. So it was a good experience looking back. I have since thought a lot about those pictures and have made peace with them. I may have not liked what I looked like back then, but I sure had a lot of fun. Thanks Erica, I needed that.

So here's to another year. I know it's going to be really hard, but I am so excited for what lies ahead and for getting a tan. HAHAHAHA