birthday debris

i woke up around ten this morning

#thankgod i work at 3

and surveyed my apartment for birthday debris.

amazingly, there was little.

philip and i clean well.

in fact

the biggest offender

was that someone had popped all the brussel sprouts out of the vegetarian quiche last night

and there were all these little brussel sprout shaped crevices all over the top of the quiche.

i baked it back up and ate it anyway. :) 

still good.

the birthday was WONDERFUL.

originally, we planned on going camping this weekend, but it didn't work out.

so instead, 

we hosted V.3 of the Monday Night Dinner Series,

which, just happened to coincide with my birthday.

BREAKFAST

screamed the invitation

and breakfast we did have.

Philip and I spent two days preparing!

Sunday was brunch

a trip to his parents' house

where he baked three cakes for my triple layer cake, (mango, pineapple, banana with strawberry-banana icing,)

and we painted dining room chairs in the garage all afternoon.

Monday was equally busy

and lovingly blessed, being my actual birthday,

waking up

brunching

thrift-store shopping for baking and serving ware

back to loveland for the chairs

picked up an additional rug and lamps from his parents' basement

home to unload

groceries

philip's apartment, to pick up cooking things

home to arrange, bake, cook, plan, clean, and party!

the party was BEAUTIFUL

and i had such a gorgeous birthday.

23 was an interesting year

a year of solid ground and patient foundation building

24 starts me yearning for life

yearning for passion, love, and theatre.

i'm re-writing the course of my life, now

deciding and choosing who i want to be.

24 is going to be one of the best years of my life, i can feel it.