This month has been sort of.....crazy?? If you think rollercoasting is crazy than yes, it was crazy. I've been feeling really good about turning 30 but there's been many things trying to get me derailed. If I could control these things, I'd be so much happier but since they are not, I've been struggling to control what I can and that is how I react to such things. I know that time will pass and these things will do what they will and I'll figure out how to be happy regardless because that is just my nature so now I will focus on the fun and good things that are making the ride enjoyable.

1) I turned 30!! Woo hoo.

This was a spectacular day and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I woke up feeling good, got to work and they decorated my desk! I've never had my desk decorated before. It was really nice. Kyle made me cookies and they were really good! Then my mom and sister took me to Chili's for lunch and we got free ice scream! Why does food always taste better when it's free? When I got back from lunch, there was a cake with "sparkle" candles sitting on my desk. What a nice treat!! They tried to get everyone to sing happy birthday but the phones are crazy and it was hard to coordinate so the important people sang before I blew out the candles, then 3 people came while I was eating my scrumptious polka dotted cake and then when I was done, I got song to again. WOW. Talk about feeling special.

When I got home from work, I was on the phone with my step mom and we were actually in the middle of a serious conversation but I noticed there were gifts hidden around my front room and they were numbered. I saw an 11 and an 8... I knew that my friend Thia was behind this (because she has a key to my apartment and it was her handwriting). I decided to see if there were instructions or more presents hidden in the other room so I started walking in there and two people jump out at me screaming. One was Ally, the other was Ally. As I was preoccupied with my serious phone conversation and unaware of their cars in the parking lot (they hid them up the street, so sneaky), I was totally freaked out by them being there and started screaming which I don't normally do. It was the best birthday surprise EVER!! They had hidden 30 presents throughout the living room. :) This was so great because I love scavanger hunts and I love presents and together, FUN!!!

I was organizing the presents and was getting ready to open them when my beautiful sister walks in with this gorgous cake!

We opened up the presents which were so perfectly picked for me. I don't know if you can tell but present 3 and 8 wasn't wrapped so well. One's a bucket of popcorn, the other is a broom. I love this!! They got me a candle, a scarf, lotion, PUDDING (3 different kinds), licorice, the movie and soundtrack to Xanadu which if you haven't grown up with it then I'm so sorry-you totally missed out, a soduku book, toilet paper (I so love the humor of my friends), sunflower seeds, oatmeal, some swedish fish, coupons to ZUPAS (makes everything better), a Strawberry Shortcake Ice cream bar that I LOVE, a car wash, tickets to the Academy Is and May Day Parade concert, 2 cd's, AND THIA IS MOVING IN!! This was the best because I've known for the longest time that I needed a roommate but it never felt right (for a whole year) and I've been stressing about it big time and then she says she's moving in and it's so GREAT!! Here's my face when I read the card that said she's moving in....

Yep, I have the best friends in the world. It's true.

Then we had to hurry because we had friends meeting up at the canyons. When you go up to the canyons to have a weenie roast, it's smart to bring more than 4 roasting sticks. It was such a good day!!