Birthday party was last night. Was so much fun. Have such great friends! Lots of people showed up. Chris, Rebecca, Candace, Teresa, and Joe from the Baton Rouge crowd. Then Laurie and James and their friend Adam. And Melissa K and her boyfriend Troy from B&N. And Jill and her boyfriend and two other friends. And Paula, my oldest friend, known her since we were six or seven, we were best friends growing up, she showed up! I couldn’t believe it when I saw her. Oh my god! There were tears in my eyes, I was all choked up, it was incredible. And then there were the people from the neighborhood. Polly and Colin and Lindsey’s Colin, and Ross and Raul and it just never ended! And of course my George.

And I got lots of presents and it was terribly exciting and there was yummy cake and lots of drinking and laughing and all of the things that make a great party. Sigh. Am very happy. It reminded me of my 22nd birthday party, when my mom had a dinner party for me and about eight of my closest friends. It was all very elegant, the boys wore ties and everyone was so sweet and it was such a great time and I felt so loved, that it was the best birthday ever. Until last night, I’d say. Of course, it would have been even better if my other best friends had been there, Kristina and Kristie and Ren and Gary and Anne. But it was wonderful anyway. Yay!