birthday.

I wanted to write a blog because I found this gorgeous picture and felt compelled to share it with the one or three people who faithfully read my blog. But alas, I have nothing profound to say today.

However, I have had the best birthday month EVER :)
First, my boyfriend took me to the park, gave me Bojangles, and sang me the sweetest song that he wrote just for me.
Then, my friends and I went to the greatest place on Earth - Cracker Barrel - for my birthday dinner. During the duration of the meal I received about 39394032 "happy birthdays". That is now officially my favorite phrase in the English language.
And THEN, tonight my boyfriend took me to Red Lobster and to see Whip it. And then he was very adamant about having me home at exactly ten o'clock. To be honest, I was somewhat peeved, though I didn't say anything, that he only wanted to see me till ten on my last night at Liberty before Thanksgiving break, but when I got home my AMAZING roommate, Jessika, had baked big, huge chocolate chip cookies and had organized a quad surprise cookie-eating gathering just for my birthday :) Greatest roommate ever? I think so. I'm not peeved about my boyfriend wanting me home by ten anymore. He's pretty amazing too.
And yet to come I have a birthday dinner with my parents and extended family Monday and ANOTHER birthday dinner with my parents and sister next Saturday.

What a great month.
That concludes today's ramblings, except for this one last word:

"After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you." - 1 Peter 5:10
This is hope. มุ่งหวัง