the big 2 - 5

I started my birthday celebration with some classmates.
One of the best birthday presents was watching several classmates join the running cult and race a half marathon!! So proud of them! After three years of thinking I was crazy they can now call themselves runners. =)



Then I talked with family on speaker phone, since my skype wouldn't log in. Most of the family was in beautiful Lake Chelan. This was my first birthday without seeing my family, can you believe it?!? I made it 24 years of celebrating and seeing my parents on my DAY!!!

I then went out to dinner with Todd, we ended up at a Mexican restaurant. The place I originally wanted to go to was closed on Sundays. = ( Guess I will have to wait until my dad comes down to try it out with him.


It ended with birthday dessert. After always eating Grasshopper Pie for my dessert, I finally had the real deal. Typically my Mom just uses chocolate chip ice cream. 5 tries later and two trips to the store (I didn't mean to put you to the test!) it was DELICIOUS!!! MMMMmmmm.

Roomie Love

Katrina, Me, Theresa and our first picture together

My newest Roommate!! Katrina! We have been having so much fun living together. From going to the beach, our love of frozen yogurt, going out with each other, and watching HP together! So glad she moved in!!

Calendar!

So MANY things to look forward to in the next month. I can hardly stand it!!!

#1 My H.S. girlies are going to invade soCal! My friend Athena spear-headed the whole project and now 5 of the 6 girls are coming from the RI, AZ and WA for Labor day weekend. Watch out for the invasion of Stanwood. They will be staying here at my place.


The last time we were all together at Lizzie's wedding last July!!

#2 That same week I finish my final rotation. Which by the way is going really well. I hit the halfway point last week. Several of my patient's have found a way into my heart and have impacted the way I wish to practice. (More on that later). It has been a really great experience, more then I could have hoped.

#3 I'm going HOME!!! for who I like to call my Bosom friend's (stolen from Anne of Green Gables) wedding. Brandi was once my college housemate at the Rock, and we even shared a room together for a short while. Reading bedtime stories, sharing the Love couch (which became our room's name), and just fulfilling each other's needs with love!!!


Hiking up in Washington!