this has already been a great week....

....got to celebrate my bday with friends, 9 bottles of wine, modern family and mini "nothing bundt cakes" = perfection.

....got to go to dinner with my parents, had the yummiest ice cream cake, got to talk to old friends who were sweet to call and tell me happy bday.

....greatest bday gift ever = season tickets to the wyly theater! mother daughter dates...here we come.

....and maybe the best part of all. knowing i get to be reunited with ALL of my best friends in one of my favorite cities for an entire weekend. to say i'm excited can't even begin to explain it.

i am one happy 25 year old. So grateful for this life i get to live and every single person in it. Sometimes i get overwhelmed at the love that surrounds me but when those moments come about, i try to push away the overwhelmingness and just soak it up and be GRATEFUL. because i know, what i have is so so soooo good. great friends. great family. great job. great life. definitely wouldnt have it any. other. way.

so since 25 is actually a 1/4 century, i say here's to trying new things, complaining a lot less, seeing at least ONE new city, and soaking up this life in every way possible. if i know one thing for sure, i know that this is the one life i got. here's to living it up!