birthday recap

#thisis40

I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN.

• my new “40” necklace from hilary
• beautiful room at the hotel st. cecilia
• chilling with moms
• snacks in the room from awesome sisters
• records in the room from awesome chad and julie
• luther on netflix
• ROOM SERVICE GAZPACHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• ROOM SERVICE FRUIT WITH EXTRA WHIPPED CREAM!!!!!
• swimming pool, swimming in it
• mom’s beautiful tub that i didn’t use but man was it great looking
• ross coming wednesday night
• beautiful flowers from courtney
• chad and julie and caroline coming over for birthday lunch
• chad and julie bringing over queso for birthday lunch
• champagne by the pool
• sister drinks at bar boosting spirits after four dreary doctor visits
• jana’s nice lady friend who said that trifocals are actually no big deal
• beautiful room overlooking the courtyard, trees, prettiness
• seeing a movie at the alamo on my birthday with ross, johnny, chad, and julie
• GIANT mexican vanilla milkshake with whipped cream
• nice alamo lady dropping a note saying that i wasn’t allowed to pay
• drinks with caroline, johnny, ross, chad, julie afterwards
• “do you have a death wish? mark yes or no” invite to murder mystery party
• just laughing so much
• manicure and pedicure with beautiful peach colored nails
• surprise, slightly terrifying, hilarious, incredible poolside visit from carolyn and courtney (see above)
• best friends flying in from new york and los angeles, what the hell
• all those le labo products
• all those nice texts and emails and phone calls
• all those presents, sunglasses, new shoes, new storage basket, new tie dyed pants, new perfume, new face oil, new nail polish, new shirt NEW NEW NEW AWESOME AWESOME CAPITALISM LIVES
• birthday party with dad and linda and my siblings and friends and all those birthday cake hats
• best friends
• best family
• JUST THE WHOLE GD WEEK AND WEEKEND

A HODGEPODGE OF PICTURES (why are those other pool people looking at us)