My 26th birthday was amazing. I was totally spoiled to death by my family over the weekend, and then Andrew took over the festivities on the day of. He took me back to the restaurant where we recently had Date Night, and gave me an amazing gift: a membership to Fitness MD. Fitness MD is located in the town I grew up in, and is a super hardcore gym. Basically,
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April 22nd, 2009 —The semi-truck, stacked with logs that smell like cedar, will become unbundled and cause me to meet my untimely death as I drive down Highway 99. —My closed shower curtain is hiding a masked serial killer, ready to torture me. —I will awaken to Harry cat, hanging between the blinds he crawls through every day as he tries to leap off the windowsill. —The food I’m eating contains botulism or April 22nd, 2009 It’s inevitable that when you talk about your boyfriend, people are going to ask: “Well, what does he do for a living?” Andrew has no ordinary profession. He is a full-time, professional poker player. Let me guess what 99% of you just said in your mind: “IS HE ON TV?” And let me get this out of the way now: No. No, he is not, just like 97% of the April 21st, 2009 1) Returning to the site of date night for an amazing dinner of filet mignon, stuffed shrimp and creme brulee–pure heaven! 2) Andrew getting me a membership to Fitness MD, something I’ve been wanting soooo badly that will all but guarantee that I will lose weight! I am so glad! 3) Phone calls, texts, Facebook posts, cards from friends and family. I felt very, very loved! 4) My students being April 21st, 2009 I’m 26 today. As I wrote yesterday, I think that 26 is the most boring age to be, ever. I had a lovely weekend celebrating with my family and have no idea what my sweetheart of a boyfriend has planned today. I do, however, have a thrilling day of standardized state testing ahead of myself…ugh. I feel so bad for my little worker bees, plowing along through these torturous tests. April 20th, 2009 I’m not a huge numbers person, but I just looked at my stats counter, and realized that I just hit 2,000 blog views since starting this blog last month. WHOA! I just want to offer a heartfelt thank you to those of you who read, comment and hang out at Just A Titch. I am so honored, and am thrilled to have been able to check out some of your April 20th, 2009 I turn 26 tomorrow, something that seems totally un-glamourous, since 26 is the most boring age ever. Nevertheless, as much as I hate birthdays, the one thing I do really like is the opportunity to reflect on the year gone by, and think back on all that’s been accomplished and learned, and understand how I changed and grew as a person. Without further adieu, here are the 25 Things I April 19th, 2009 first iced coffee of the summer… first pedicure of the summer *Yes, my boyfriend gets pedicures with me. Make fun of him, and I’ll punch you! first tomato flowers… first herbs sprouting… first time i can really tell my artichokes are growing! April 19th, 2009 My good friend Leslie and I have kind of a running joke or “event” that happens whenever we hang out. We get bashed on in some way. Our first time was when we were walking down the streets of gorgeous midtown Sacramento, when guys drove by in a car and said, “Gays are disgusting! Disgusting bitches!” as we perused art. For the record, we are not lesbians, and even if April 18th, 2009 Between being bogged down by grading and having a host of other commitments lately, it’d been awhile since Andrew and I took a day and did something fun. There’s an upscale shopping complex near our apartment that I’ve been meaning to check out, so we took a little trip over there. It was a perfect day out—sunny, 80 degrees and not too terribly crowded. When we arrived, Andrew saw a |
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