My last post was
written on the eve of my 24th birthday so I felt it was only fitting
that I do a reflective birthday summary.
The Day I turned 24 –
I was woken at 3:30am
by David, before he left to drive up to Perth for a work induction, to receive
the first of my gifts for the day! I got a big snuggle and a lovely pair of
pearl earrings and the warming dressing gown on the planet! After Dave left, I
chose to snooze for a few hours and then headed to the gym before work to start
my day. On the kitchen table was a HUGE bouquet of red roses (23 red and 1
white). In between clients in the morning, my beautiful mummy surprised me by
walking into the clinic with a big bunch of flowers and a big hug! Best
surprise imaginable!! In between afternoon clients, she took me to lunch, and
kept me company. At 4pm I had to say goodbye and watch mama drive away – wahhh.
Still sucks every single bloody time saying goodbye to mum (and dad and shan)
but at least it was only one more sleep til I saw them again).
But at home I found
David and even morrrre pressies, being very spoilt this year, and got a
beautiful framed series of photos of him and I, annnnnnd a wetsuit! SO
EXCITING! Dinner was a beautiful piece of salmon with steamed veges.
A perfect Emily day J
My First Weekend as a
24 year old Woman –
I’ll save you the
boring deets and summarise my wonderful weekend in bullet form:
· Friday night Japanese with my family. A
wonderful belated birthday dinner with the family I love so much J
· Saturday morning coffee catch up with Jen(ny
from the block). Sharing stories of what we’ve been up to since she left for
Europe 8 weeks ago!
· Saturday surprise birthday date! Fellow
September birthday lady Emily took me to a wonderful lunch at Nobu (located at
the newly named Crown Casino). It was INCREDIBLE! The best lunch of my life.
The sashimi salad and, obviously, Miso Cod were my favourite dishes. Very
spoilt, and I really appreciately the amazingly generous gift.
· Saturday night (before). Reunited with my girls
for the first time in weeks to months. There were tears. And cupcakes. And
balloons. And smiles and laughs and ‘congratulations’ and cuddles and kisses
and a very friendly taxi driver.
· Saturday night (after). Hooley tolitoes. Words
cannot express how happy I was on Saturday night. Singing out loud (and as the
affirmation suggests – like no one was watching) and dancing with my amazing
girlfriends (two of whom also shared my birthday weekend, happy birthday my
munchkins xx) and beeeautiful sister, gazing at Taylor Hanson’s pert behind as
he bopped around on the keyboard. I was in heaven. If I died, my corpse would
have revealed a cheesy Cheshire cat style smile.
· Sunday morning breakfast at the Juricev’s. With David’s
darling mother making sure there was yoghurt and muesli for me amongst the fry
up. Sigh, after five years they know me all too well.
· And again on Sunday morning. Popped by for the
end of breakfast w dear school friends. So lovely to see them all and get lots
of cuddles J
· Sunday afternoon. Jen(ny from the block)
dropped off an INCREDIBLE birthday cake for me. Dangerous and very rich but
holey devils I love it (and so does my butt. Nom nom nommmm*). *my butt does not eat the cake, it merely
deposits tiny bits of the cake under the skin’s surface to create and overall
dimpled effect. Yummy!.
· And again on Sunday afternoon. FINALLY got to
visit my beautiful friend Josie and her husband (hehe it’s still novelty saying
that!!). She made me smile and we just enjoyed sitting with one another (on her
amazing new lounge room rug) and caught up on what feels like a years’ worth of
news and developments!
· Sunday night. A long drive to Capel solo while
Hanson’s Middle of Nowhere blared over Gretzky’s sound system.
· Later on Sunday night. Date night with my
beloved before dreaded fly out day. Wahh.
· Even later on Sunday night. Birthday skype
dates with my sister and cousin to open presents. I scored a BEAUTIFUL pair of
Oroton sunnies. And got to see their faces JJ Also my cousin had recently finished her
masters thesis and has now officially graduated from the Post Graduate Masters
Program (can I get a whoop whooooop?!).
And so concludes my
birthday adventures. I’m going out on a limb and in fact suggesting that this
could be my most amazing birthday yet. Would have been lovely to spend more
time with family and friends, as always, and missed seeing some over the
weekend but (after having a mini breakdown about that) I have realised that
even if I don’t get to spend lots of time with these people, I know that I will
cherish the time that I do have and that helps to make it even more special.
And, yes, if you find
yourself asking yourself as I have done over the past week – I AM the luckiest
girl in the SouthWest J
Mle xxx
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