I had a great birthday. Our battery was completely dead on our car so I was stranded at home and I had a classes from 5 pm until 9:30 pm including a mid-term, but that couldn’t keep me down. I forgot to turn my phone back on from class the night before so all my well wishes were met with my voice mail. Our Realtor invited me out to lunch but I didn’t get the message until AFTER lunch time. I traded off care for Eden with Chad and headed to class. When I went to turn off my phone I noticed all the missed calls and was able to listen to everyone’s well wishes. I loved it! I felt so great. I did well on my final, and came home to a fantastic surprise from Chad. I do not know how we started our little tradition of puzzles and scavenger hunts but I hope it never ends! I know how we started doing puzzle hunts–it’s because we never know what gifts to give each other. So in the absence of good presents, we have to invent good distractions. 🙂 I’ll take the distractions any day! Chad must have spent forever on his brain teasers this year. We’ll post the originals so you can try and decipher the clues! Thanks to my mom I got sung to on Monday and Tuesday, she was a little early this year. John said his gift to me was to not sing on his message but then he called back and sang a solo anyway. I am not sure what to think of that. Daniel called just as I was getting into class. My great friends sent me notes. Grandmas sent cards. Turning 27 is pretty great when you have so many people to help make it that way.

News flash! We just found out from a Facebook post that the Elton John & Billy Joel concert tomorrow is postponed. It won’t happen until February. We were so excited for it! Stupid Facebook!