If we had a Marriage, These Would be its Thoughts

Last Monday was my birthday. I am now 30 years old, which is just silly.

I requested a cheesecake this year, so Kyle made that for me on Saturday. We had dinner and celebratory times Sunday night with some friends, Sarah and Barry and their wee baby Emma. And, of course, ate the cheesecake. It was so tasty!

Monday was a wonderful birthday. I received tons of birthday wishes throughout the day via Facebook and chat, which was super nice. I got my hair cut, and that scalp massage was a great birthday treat. And we got to have more cheesecake with our lunch!

After Kyle got home from work, we went mini-golfing at Boomers and I WON! We’re still not quite sure how it happened. But that’s what the numbers said! And there were a couple of holes that I beat him on, so it almost makes sense? YAY! Next was dinner, for which we went to Olive Garden. We haven’t been there since we moved to CA, since there isn’t one super close by. But Tracy’s not that far away, so we decided to go. And the food was very good. Though Kyle didn’t realize until after his arrived that it was an appetizer. (I was about to call him a “foolish boy,” but he just handed me a slice of fresh-baked bread, so I suppose I shall forbear.)

Then we came home and I got to open the cards and presents I’d received. (Actually, I opened some before we left, but that’s neither here nor there.) I was gifted with several movies and books and cards and other things, including an apron (that we can only hope will bestow an ability to cook on the wearer). All in all, it was a wonderful day—I felt that a lot of people cared about me, which is always a very good feeling.

Kyle and I finished off the last of our wedding M&M’s on Wednesday. We’ve just kept refilling the smallest of our kitchen canisters and eating them. (I suppose now we’ll have to put in rice or something equally boring. Less tasty.)

You can see in the picture that some of them said “June 23, 2009,” but some also said “Kyle & Jess.” We had them special ordered to give away at the receptions, and Kyle’s mom and sisters put them into those super cute tins and tied the ribbons on them (which I bet was way fun). There were TONS, ‘cuz we originally ordered 15 pounds (5 pounds cream, 5 pounds blue, and 5 pounds mixed with the printing on them (because it is ridiculously and outrageously more expensive than just getting a custom color!)). But then they sent us the wrong color of blue, so by the time they sent us another bag of blue, we had 20 pounds of Om-Noms! We just mixed them all together and it was grand. But there was a lot.

And Tianna just told me she may still have some. We’re thinking about ordering more each year on our anniversary. They’re just such fun!

I had my first tai chi class tonight! Yep, like this:

Only, y’know, indoors at my doctor’s office. See, my neurologist recommended it. In her words, migraineurs “tend to be rather high-strung,” so anything that helps with stress will often help with migraines, too. I figured it’s worth exploring.

It’s a six-week class with one class a week. I was really hoping it would be full of old people recovering from hip-replacement surgery, but alas. Although I am the youngest one there, they’re mostly in their forties, I’d guess. Though one woman has had both her knees replaced, so that’s something!

The class was fun. The movement is very smooth and flowing, very low-effort. Actually, my knees were really hurting b/c it’s done with your knees bent the entire time (I don’t know how Knee Replacement Lady’s going to cope!), but maybe this will help strengthen them. We’ll see. Anyway, I had a good time. Now I just have to practice!