I do realize that it has been days since my last post, but it wasn't for lack of wanting to, it's just that I really liked my birthday post and wanted to leave it up a little longer. I must have read it like ten times, but it makes me feel so happy to read it, but now, since I have new things to report, it's time to change it.

I love birthdays, especially my own. When I woke up, I went straight dwonstairs and opened my gifts from Marnie and Dave (Roxy and Lucky too!). She gave me a Venus shaver, shave cream, stikers, coloring stuff, a gift certificate for a manicure- tons of stuff, I felt so spoiled! We had a huge discussion about that Venus shaver abiout a week or so ago so it was realy funny to get it from her. It ws so much fun to have a bunch of little things too, it was soexciting to open them all....

I had a lovely day at work on my actual birthday (15th). ANita was sure to let everyone know it was my birthday, so I was gettong good wishes from everyone, which is nice. I got worried thought because I got into work early and shen still wasn't there, I was begining to think that she was sick, or stuck somewhere... But as it turned out, she was just finishing my card.... She is such an awesome friend, I really don't know what I'd do without her... She comes to get me and gives me this HUGE card that she made. On the from it has all sorts of Hello Kitty stickers and she amde up some of her own Chinese Haiku crap like the ones that were ion that pad of paper she gave me a while back.. It's become a bit of an insider for us.... Then on the inside she cut out a bunch a Celine Dion pictures with funny quotes next to them, and on the facing page, she did a big Titanic puzzle...Again, a bit of an isider, but I know when she reads this and thinks back to it, she'll have a laugh. Anyways then she gives me this huge gift from her and J. It was a BIG silver, very proffesional looking mke-up case that I had been eye-ing for a while. It's going to hold just about all my make-up and still have room to spare!!! You would think that that would be enough, but it didn't stop there, inside the make-up case was a certificate for a back massage.....this girl really knows me and it shows, I've never had a massage, but I can only assume it's going to be heavenly! We went out to lunch at "move and pick". It was Anita, our friend John and myself. I decided to be a little daring and try sopmthing new. we all went for an oriental soup. But dear God I too kone bite and it was so awefull. I think becasue they cooked all the vegetables in the same water, my veggies picked up a mushroomy taste and it ruined my entire soup, so i didn't eat it and got the usual ceasar salad which was delicious.. but i did take that soup to go and gave it to th ehomeless man I see evey morning. he was so happy and thankful, it gave me that good feeling to give it to him.

So that was it for my birthday DAY. I came back to Marnie's and was feeling a little lonely. It was the first time in my 24 years that I was alone on mt birthday, but since I had gotten all these wonderful gifts all day, it wasn't soooo bad, but lonely just the same. eating your birthday dinner alone isn't fun. I had chicken nuggets, french fries and a quater of a sugar pie.......then another quarter later.Mmmmmm sugar pie!

And yesterday Aniter gave me a party at her house. She had decorated eàwith baloons and A sign that read "Shushy's Bat". She's so sweet. Anyways, it was her, J (who gave a a very very funny card), Steph (who gave me these awsome magnetic postcards that have covers from old "dirty" books), Warren (whose gift will soon be appearing on this site....), Allen (who gave me a bag of Skittles, temporary tattoos, a sweet card and kinder eggs), Pam and Johnny, Pam's cousin Margot (?) and my brother! It ws so awesome. I loved it even more becasue every one was talking to eachother and having a good time.Lie when my brother got trhere, he doesn't really know erbvery one thiere but he still mingeled and talked to everyone and had a good time. It was just so much fun, everyone laughing and talking... Then I got a delicious cake that also read 'Happy Batmitzva Shushy". It wa pure heaven and probably pure fat, but hey, it's my birhtday right? It wass this creamy-cakey-rasberry-fluffy delicious-ness with white cocolatew all over the place....Oh God it was good. Steph also brough like four chunks of cake fron work that were very tasty...from the middle. Anyways the evening ended at about one thirty- two and I was lucky to get a lift from Allen who, as it turnes out, lives very near by.

The evening was great becaue it was so nice of Anita's friends to be so nivce to me! I know that they as my friends troo, but I really only see these peoply like 3-4 times a year and they still came over and even brought me gifts, very sweet of them all. Thank you!

When I got home, I watched the Amazong Racw and was reallt bume to notice that I only taped an hour of the TWO hour finaly, luckily, my mum taped it all...But I have to wait until tomorrow to see it!

And now it's saturday. My only plans are to maybe shower, go to the IGA and clea, clean, clean!

Tomorrow I got home and have my birthday with my family- can't wait. I'll let you know how that went on Sunday night!!