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Yesterday was my birthday! And despite a crappy start to the workday, everybody really went out of their way to help me feel special.

First my friend Michele got me an asiago cheese bagel and toasted it for me and brought it to me for breakfast. Then, in the afternoon, she presented me with a home baked chocolate cake with marshmallow frosting! This was no easy feat considering it’s July in DC. I was lamenting during another co-worker’s party that I never get my favorite cake for my birthday because my birthday is in July and the frosting won’t set up right in this weather. I don’t know how she did it, given the humidity, but she did. And it was yummy! Another co-worker gave me a yummy purple candle in a purple gift bag, and my mother-in-law presented me with a new outfit to wear to a party this afternoon.

After the party at work I realized that my phone had been ringing off the hook and it was a flower delivery guy… bringing these beautiful all purple flowers from my dear friend Carrie in Denver. (Gee, do you think everyone who knows me knows I like purple? Haha.) Aren’t they pretty?

The fowers came with these cute balloons. Of course when DH helped me carry them to the car, everyone along the way wished me a happy birthday! That’s always fun.

The best part was going out to dinner with my cousins Genny, Diane and Joy. Genny’s been in town from Idaho for a few weeks, and Joy came in town for the weekend to come to my mother’s birthday party this afternoon. We started the evening at Sakura Japanese Steakhouse. I had a yummy filet mignon and scallops. Yum! We weren’t quite done talking when dinner was over so we headed to IHOP for dessert. I had the funnel cake with strawberry topping. Yum! Like I really needed that on top of a big dinner. But it was good!

When I arrived home it looked dark on our side of the street and then when we got out of the van we heard our generator running. Ugh! The power was out for who knows what reason. it didn’t even storm yesterday. Of course when the power goes out that sets DH into a bit of a tizzy so we didn’t sleep well. The power finally came back on at about 7:30 this morning.

What a day!

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