exsequar | Happy birthday to meeeee.

Twentieth birthday ends in 18 minutes, and it has been fantastic. My best one in many years, for sure. I got to spend it surrounded by 11 of my dear family members, dad and siblings and uncles and aunt and cousins galore. We had an Irish themed bash, complete with felt leprechaun hat for the birthday girl (pictures to come!), green colored french onion dip and deviled eggs, shepherd's pie and colcannon (Irish potato and cabbage dish) for dinner, and a taste of Guinness, which wasn't terrible but also not the best thing ever. :P Everything was topped off by my dad's delicious chocolate chip chiffon cake, mmmmmm. It was an absolute blast. I was also blessed with happy birthday phone calls from various and sundry loved ones - aunts on my mom's side, my mom, Rob and Layne. Then YOU guys made me cry with happiness and basically I feel so so warm and squishy and that could be the hard cider talking a little but I think it's mostly that I feel extremely loved and happy. I'm so, so lucky. More detailed thanks and reports to come, but right now I want to collapse into bed :) Goodnight and I love you all! ♥