The Hamberlins: My Birthday - The Beginning of My Last Year in My 20s

My birthday was last Wednesday, August 5th, as well as one of my dear friends, Mindy...we are exactly a year apart! I hope you had a wonderful birthday Mindy! About 3 months ago I decided I was going to take the day off from work on my birthday, and then about a month ago we planned a beach trip with the Brewers for the same week...so I had a short week at the office last week which was awesome! Wednesday morning I got up, went to the gym as usual, came home and Lawrence cooked me french toast,my favorite, for breakfast. Lawrence, Claudia, and I all ate breakfast together, and that never happens during the week! Afterwards, I took her to daycare...I had lots to do for myself as well as things to do before we left the next day for Destin. After I took Claudia I decided to run back by the house to put a load of clothes in the washer before running a few errands. So I put the clothes in, Lawrence is getting out of the shower, I grab the trash to take to the dumpster, briefly tell him bye, and run out the door. I swung the trash onto to the back of my car to take to the dumpster forgetting there was a thick glass bottle right on top...well that bottle hit my back windshield in the right spot...my back windshield was shattered! I could not believe it...it didn't seem real...I was in complete shock! The shock only lasted about 2 minutes, and then the tears began to flow! Lawrence and I took it to the repair shop. It would be Friday before they could get to it which was fine since we were leaving the next day. After we got the car situated I took him to work, and then I was off to run errands and pamper myself a little!

The Damage...

Lawrence took off from work at lunch, so he and I got to spend some time together before we picked Claudia up from daycare. We were going to go to the pool at Saugahatchee Country Club for a few hours, but it began to rain so we shopped a bit instead. We picked up Claudia at the normal time, and around 5:30 we left the house to go have a birthday drink at Buffalo Connection. I could not for the life of me figure out why we were going there instead of Mellow Mushroom for $2 pint night. Mellow has Blue Moon on draft, which is my favorite. Buffalo Connection has a drink special as well, so it wasn't a bad choice! After we arrived, I quickly realized why we went there...Lawrence and a few of his co-workers had gotten together on Monday and decided to have a mini-surprise birthday party for me with cake and live music! I was floored! I haven't had a birthday cake in long time...it was great! I even got presents...I kind of expected the ones from Lawrence and Claudia, but was stunned that others got me presents as well! I got a new AU Tumbler cup, AU tshirt, and a decorative plate with a birthday cake on it. Lawrence and Claudia got me a pearl necklace, a bottle of my favorite wine, a 6-pack of Blue Moon, and a magic AU eight-ball. I was completely surprised by the party and the necklace...the necklace is beautiful! Even though the day started out not quite the way I imagined, it turned out better than I could have ever expected! I have a wonderful husband, and I am so glad he made my last birthday in my 20s not seem so bad! Love you Lawrence!!

My Cake