Happy Barfday!!!

We arrived back on solid ground from our cruise on Saturday, May 30, the day before my birthday. I think we all felt a little shaky once we got off the boat, but I didn't feel too bad. . .until later that night. After removing the seasickness patch, and getting off the boat, I began to experience the worst seasickness yet. I spent most of Saturday night throwing up, and still felt horrible on Sunday, so we had to postpone the birthday festivities. My family went ahead and gave me my presents (Twilight, fabric for two purses!, the book Higher Hope by Robert Whitlow, and various flamingo-themed things) and then hit the road. It was sad that the plans for a pizza party got cancelled.
Finally, by about Tuesday, I was feeling enough better that the Shealys came over (with the cookie cake). We had cookie cake (yum - Rachel is probably still mad that she didn't get any of it), and Noah helped me blow out my candles and open my presents. I got a couple of vampire books that I wanted, and from Cy & his parents I got two crape myrtle trees for the backyard (pictures of trees to come in next post). Cy also gave me Wall-E on blu-ray.

Although my birthday certainly did not go as planned, I still enjoyed it, and I am now clearly getting old - at 26, I am closer to 30 than 25 now!