The day started with my phone chiming out alerts in my ear like a little alarm clock. When I reached to see what all the yammering was about, I saw my first few "Happy Birthdays" had been posted on Facebook. What a great "alarm clock" to wake up to! Alerts continued sporadically for a few hours, and every message I read made me so thankful and happy that people took the time to acknowledge my birthday. Everyone is just so darn thoughtful. I don't check Facebook with much consistency, so I miss a lot of birthdays, which is why I'm even more touched by these well wishes. It's also why I spent the whole day periodically uploading photos and writing about my day; I thought it would be nice to share my day with my friends and family.
It was a perfect day. Zach's always so good about planning special days for me. In the morning he took me to get apple cider doughnuts at Highland Orchards.
Then it was back home to open gifts and the loveliest card full of kind words and love. After that we headed to New Hope, PA and Lambertville, NJ, where we spent the day walking around and perusing some of the clothing and antique shops. We even walked by a super cool old train with dining cars.
We had an amazing dinner at Sprig and Vine, a vegetarian restaurant in New Hope, and then headed to Solebury School, a private boarding school, for a Bess Rogers concert. I think we were the only two people there who weren't associated with the school. Zach has seen Bess perform live before, but this was my first concert. Man is that girl talented. It was a great show. She's very laid back and chats and jokes with the crowd a lot, which I loved. On the way home, we stopped at Chik-fil-A so I could go to the bathroom and then decided to get ice cream from the drive through. Not the best ice cream in the world, but tasty none-the-less. It was such a fun day, and it even stopped raining in the afternoon! I feel really blessed to have such a thoughtful hubby.
One thing I failed to mention about my day is the fact that I watched an episode of One Tree Hill while trying to convince myself to get up. Yes, I confess, I've been watching OTH. And Yes, I also confess, I've been watching it long enough that I now abbreviate it as OTH. But the first eight seasons are on Netflix, and once you start watching, you just can't stop (at least I can't). Now that I've confessed, I want to share a quote from the end of the episode. It seemed like a totally appropriate way to start my birthday...
Make a wish and place it in your heart. Anything you want. Everything you want. Do you have it? Good. Now believe it can come true. You never know where the next miracle is gonna come from. The next smile. The next wish come true. But if you believe that it's right around the corner and you open your heart and mind to the possibility of it. To the certainty of it. You just might get the thing you're wishing for. The world is full of magic. You just have to believe in it. So make your wish. Do you have it? Good. Now believe in it...with all your heart.
