An Actual Happy Birthday

Yesterday was my 25th birthday. Most people get excited about their birthdays, but not me. Not because I'm scared of getting older, but because historically my birthdays have always sucked. I've had birthdays where everyone at the party ended up crying. I have had birthdays where people broke their toes. My favorite was when my fiance broke up with me right before my 21st birthday. That was really special. Even my 24th birthday sucked because I felt like no one really remembered it was my birthday, even my husband.

So you can see why birthdays cause me to feel a little hesitant. This year was SO much better!!

Andrew woke up early and made me birthday waffles! I love breakfast, but he doesn't ever wake up with me to eat it. That was exciting.

At work we have a tradition which is to decorate or "trash" someone's office when it's a special day. I walked in and our office manager pretended like she forgot my birthday and she totally convinced me until I went up to my office and their were balloons everywhere with streamers and decorations! That truly made my day!! Last year, our office manager came in late on my birthday and forgot about it completely. This totatlly made up for it.

Husband then came by with my birthday present after lunch. He got me some of the best birthday presents! I have really been working on losing weight and running, which means I've been drinking water like it's going out of style. We have filtered water at home, but it sucks when I drink all of my water at work and I just have nasty tap water to drink. Andrew got me a filtered water bottle that has the filter built right in. It's so cool! Then he got me running socks. These socks are so snazzy because they even have a specific foot each sock goes on. The cherry on top is an awesome watch that I can wear when I run that calculates the kcals burnt and I can set the time to countdown my warm-up and immediately start counting and timing my run.

After I got off work yesterday, I had to throw on my snazzy running sock and shoes and hit the pavement. Part of my birthday present was my hubby coming with me this time. I don't know if it was the fact that I had a big motivator with me or the fact that I wanted to start my 25th year on a fresh start but I ran 3 miles. 3 MILES!!!!!! I have been running 2 which was exciting but I stretched myself yesterday farther than every. I plan on making the 3 miles a regular distance until I begin training for a half marathon.

We then drove to Jackson to meet the family for birthday celebration time. I had told my mom that my puppy had chewed on every pair of my dress shoes for work, so she felt sorry for me. My present from my parents was to be able to pick out three pairs of shoes in Macy's!!!!! I've got some sexy shoes now!! I even was able to get nude pumps!!!!!!!! I have been waiting and wanting a pair for forever!! My feet and legs have never looked better!

When Andrew and I returned home from our day of fun, we found that our house had been tampered with by teenagers. We had writing all over Andrew's car, house windows, leaves in a pile underneath the carport, our hose was draped across the front of our carport with one of Andrew's shoes tied to it. I knew immediately who had done it and texted a mom and got confirmation. She sent her child and the other culprits to our house and quickly cleaned everything up. Andrew was so angry, but I couldn't help but feel loved because they wouldn't have done it if they didn't love their Ms. Dana.

This is an incredibly long blog, and if you made it to the end then I thank you,haha.
All in all, it was an amazing birthday surrounded by texts, facebook messages, and family. It couldn't have been better!

It's been a while since I have posted on the blog. Here is my life update in the form of a list:

1. I am up to running 28 minutes without stopping and I'm enjoying it.


2. I haven't really lost that much weight.


3. I have had to wear my glasses for several weeks now because my contacts are kaput and I don't have the time to go to the eye doctor.


4. It's almost my 25th birthday!

That's pretty much the update of my life. I know, it's lame.