Thirty-Five and Counting

Yes, I had a birthday, and I am now officially 29.  Oh, did I say 35?  My mistake!  Ha, ha!  It was a wonderful day.  I was with my family, and Mark was even there, and Kristin, and Rachel, etc., etc.  I couldn't ask for a more perfect day.    We were in Indy for the weekend to celebrate my and our E's birthday.  Their downtown rocks.  We ate at Weber Grill one night and P.F. Changs the next.  The guy at PF Changs was just a little sloooooooowwwwww, but it was all good.  Our food was good, and so was the little desert I got because it was my birthday.  Next time I go to Weber Grill, I am totally getting the kid's meal.  It is amazing what they get, and there is ice cream in a waffle cone for their desert!  I woke up late the next day on my actual b-day, and Rach came in to get me up.  I got up and had the best birthday shower ever with a double-headed shower.  Super nice.  Then Josh came to take my Starbucks order as there was one in the lobby.  Yep, like I said, it was a good day.  

To top it off, I got to shop at an outlet mall that day with birthday money.  Found a couple of cool things for meself.  Sorry the pirate speak sneaks in there sometimes.  Then my dear brother (not really in-law) gave me a beautiful painting that he had bought for himself in China.  He gave it to me because it reminded him of us adopting Emma Mei.  It is beautiful, and it is truly one of the sweetest and most beautiful gifts I have ever received.   Can we just say, it was a day filled with emotion--good ones though!   I am going to miss him this year as he will be traveling abroad.  

My jaw seems to be improved.  It still has some flare-ups of pain, but it is definitely a whole lot better than it was.  At least I am not having to pop the pain relievers every four hours.  What I don't know is if I will have to stay on the antibiotics for a whole lot longer or what the oral surgeon will do.  I go back to see him next week, so we'll see what he says.  I am just happy to not be in pain all the time.  

I still have plenty of fatigue.  The cool product that I am waiting on is on backorder.   Apparently it is so popular, that they did not expect the kind of demand that it has had.  It is a Shaklee product.  If you know anything about Shaklee, they don't do anything unless it is first class/top quality.   The product is called Vivix.  It is an anti-aging product that works at a cellular level.  I cannot wait to get my supply.  It helped me that much.  I could definitely use the help with my energy levels right now.  Otherwise, I have to depend on good ole' caffeine for the extra boost.   Not too healthy, but it works.  Vivix actually has proven anti-tumor activity with the resveratrol that is in it.  It has the benefits of drinking about 30 glasses of red wine without the alcohol in one serving.   It truly is an amazing scientific breakthrough.

 

I have been taking lots of pictures for others and myself.  I have a project I need to work on, but it is probably going to take a day of picture taking by myself.  I don't know when that is going to be able to happen.  It will be cool if I can accomplish it.  I enjoy my photography so much.  It gives me a place that I can go to that is actually mine.  Something that I helped to create and capture a moment in time.  Those moments go all too fast, and some of them just need to be preserved.  

So raise your glass to many more birthdays and celebrations for all of us!  We will take every one that we can get.  They are all special!