bits of my birthday.

i celebrated my birthday with a dinner at silver peak. lot of james' friends came, which made me realize they are my friends too. i feel more and more like i'm part of the "family" all the time. my friend carol was able to come also, which was awesome.
i didn't take tons of photos, but luckily sarah did. she made me the cutest photo collage and framed it up. i just got it yesterday, and i think it's the one of the sweetest gifts i've ever gotten. i'll try to get a good photo of it or maybe try scanning it so that i can post it.

here james and i were taking a photo when ricky decided to jump into it. he lived with james for a while, so i know him pretty well. he has a girlfriend now, and i've been thankful that one of james' friends has a stable relationship. haha.
here's carol and me. we met in physics class at unr, were we bonded over our hatred of physics. now she's my gym buddy. so she gave me a gym bag, which was another perfect birthday gift. we were shopping for gym stuff a few days before my birthday, and i mentioned that i needed a good bag, but all the ones i'd seen were too big. somehow she found a super cute one that's a great size.

mike and tiffany on the left just started dating a few months ago. i've been thankful to have another girl in the group. tiffany is so nice. sarah on the right has been friends with all of the boys for years. most of them grew up together, so she knows them all pretty well. the past couple months we've been getting to know each other better. she's a lot of fun and just so sweet.
after dinner a few of us headed to imperial. i was happy to get a somewhat decent photo with james.
and while the boys talked, sarah and i had a good heart to heart. :]
i tried not to let my imagination run too wild about having a great birthday, and it really did turn out to be one of the best ones yet. i'm looking forward to what 24 might bring to me. :]

looking at recent photos of myself makes me want a new hair style. i think it might be appropriate to change it up for 24. plus i just don't like the way it's framing my face. i think maybe it would look better if it was short, but i still kind of want to grow it out. decisions. decisions.

oh and this was the birthday when i had to renew my diver's license. i finally got it in the mail today, and it looks like they sent me the wrong one. i had to take my glasses off for the photo, and i can't handle the way i look! seriously. i don't understand why they won't allow glasses in the photo. oh well. i guess it's just not possible to have a good driver's license photo, right?

well i'm off to bed. i'll be back soon with more of an update and photos from vegas and other recent activities. i've been ignoring my blog lately. actually, i've been ignoring most of the world wide web, but it's just a phase. :]