*nineteen*

I am so blessed! I have never been without the support of friends and mostly family for my entire life. I may forget this sometimes, but I have always had a support system. I could look at most everyone on my contact list in my phone and feel comfortable calling them just to say hi or ask for help or just to talk. Earlier this week, I forgot about this and was not expecting people to remember by birthday due to recent events. I was wrong! People started texting me "happy birthday" at 1:25 a.m. this morning. This was a first haha. I remember in high school, I would get tons of messages on facebook or even people in the halls telling me happy birthday, but today was the first time it was narrowed down the the people who actually care about me. I was even surprised by a few messages I got today.

My mom actually came up yesterday to take me to lunch for my birthday. She brought me a present of course. She gave me a pocket watch on a necklace, two Jane Austin books, hangers, envelopes, pens, notepad, and a grocery bag. I wanted/needed these for a while now so it was a pleasant surprise. Guess what she wrapped these in! Paper doilies! It was the cutest thing ever. She also bought we one other gift as we went shopping. We found this beautiful picture of a dead tree, an old fence, and my favorite scripture painted on the bottom. I literally cried because I was so happy when I saw it. If you know anything about me, I love dead trees and old fences so this was perfect. Also, I don't cry over things like that because generally I am not a sentimental person.

Today, my Aunt Bonnie made me a beautiful cake. She spent hours piping the frosting on it and making it just right. She also took me and my dear friend Ashley Allred to dinner. Ashley and I went to see The Avengers before dinner. That may or may not be my new favorite movie :)

 My sweet boyfriend Alex Fish sent me gigantic chocolate covered strawberries in the mail with a sweet little note to go with them! He is in Missouri for work right now. I thought I might get a card from him in the mail so I was very surprised.  How thoughtful was that?! His family also sent me birthday wishes today which I was not expecting either. Let's just say that I really did feel special today :) I am so blessed!