Birthday Fun

On Thursday, August 30, I turned 25 years old. I started my day with a venture to the Colorado DMV to get a new driver's license made, since my old Virginia one expired on August 31. I still had the 'under 21' license, the one that is vertical and has your birthday in red type. I am bummed to give it up, though, because I really liked my picture and I have a hunch that the new pic isn't going to be quite so good. At any rate, I got to the DMV at 7:30 and was the second person in the door when they opened at 8, so it was a quick trip, thankfully. I hate the DMV.

Then I headed in to work, where my office had been decorated with lots of streamers and balloons. The fun folks of my office were very good to me and we had a nice day. I heard from so many of our speakers, also, with birthday wishes, and several of them sang to me as well, which made me quite happy. I have some great friends. :) It was super busy, too, and the phones were ringing off the hook, which is good! Then we closed the office down at 3pm and went on an office bowling venture! We hit up the Brunswick Zone for a couple of super competitive games... or at least, competitive for those folks who are bowling savvy. Which is not me. Darren wound up clenching the office title of bowling champion, but only by two pins over T.J. It was close and while I won't elaborate, let me just tell you that there were some painfully uncomfortable bets on the line.

After bowling, we did some dinner at the Texas Road House. There were lots of appetizers and beers, and I had a phatty steak, which makes me quite happy. Darci came out, as well as my long-lost sorority sister Becca, who I recently discovered to live in Denver.

'Twas a good birthday, and it's over for another year. Whew. And now, sadly, summer is drawing to a close. It even snowed a few nights ago in the mountains. And that, I am NOT ready for.

(Photos: Me and my buddy Vance, our Programs intern; Christopher and me on the bowling venture- best hugs ever!; my fellow lunchers, Courtney "Runs" Barstad and Darren "Lunchbox" Roth. We're tight, we're like a mob. Or a gang. Watch for us on the road, coming soon with our new educational program, "Hold my hair, pull my finger: A Discussion on Destructive Habits and IBS.")