jackofallgeeks | In twenty-three years...

Through no fault of my own, this was probably the best birthday I've had in a long while. Granted, I haven't the memory to recall very many birthdays before, but in the five years that I've had LiveJournal I've never posted about one so I think that says something.

Aside from all the comments I got here today, I also got a load of text-messages from my brothers and Meghan and such; and several notes on Facebook and MySpace; and a couple phone calls, including a message from my sister saying "I'm not going to sing for you, even though you sang for me; I'm just not that confident" and this conversation with my friend Jenny Parks:

Jenny: Hey, just calling to say 'Happy Birthday.'
Me: Why, thank you.
Jenny: OK, we're done here. I'll see you in a month.

-giggles- Jenny's generally not one to chat on the phone. -smiles-

But the best was my gift from Laurel, My Only Friend In Monterey:

Using her ninja-like stalker-fu, Laurel messaged a number of my friends and relatives asking for little bits and letters and such to put together as a care-package gift for me. It was thus:

I nearly cried when I saw the picture of Rachel, near the top of the care-package.

And the collage of pictures she made from what my mom sent her is amusing -- apparently, it's supposed to be a good summation of "Who I Really Am." I look like such a dork in some of those photos, but I'm still me. -smiles-

Words can not convey the happiness. Like, really. I'm no good with this sort of thing.
There was a letter from my sister, and one from my cousin Christina, and a stuffed-construction-paper Yoda that Laurel made "using only items found in [her] desk!" And a pretty picture of a cat. And yes.
-smiles-

And because I'm a dork, I went out an bought myself a little gift. Really, I was going to do it anyways, but this is as good an excuse as any.

So, yes. it's been a great day. I only had a couple classes, and the weather was sunny and beautiful, and I went out for a steak dinner which was grand, and i was loved and happy and...
Thank you all. Very much.
-smiles- I'm shutting up now.