Saying Good Bye To My 20's

So, Friday I turned 30.

I'm not going to lie, I was completely dreading it. I'm not exactly sure why, probably because I always just feel like I'm older than everyone else especially when I left Olive Garden -- I was really one of the older people that worked there. Also, since I had my Golden Birthday at age 25, I've been really sad about getting older. However, when the day came I ended up embracing it. I just realized how incredibly blessed my 30 years of life have been so far and how thankful I am for that. 

Thursday night, my clinical besties and I got together to have some drinks and work on a gift that we got for our clinical instructor. They ended up turning it into a little birthday celebration for me! I love these 4 so much, I know that they are going to be my lifelong friends forever.

Friday my friend Nicole (whose house we were at the night before) took me out to lunch for my birthday. We went to Olive Garden and had a great meal and a fun time. She is so sweet and the only way I'd let her pay for my food was to promise that I was going to do the same for her birthday. While we were there I saw one of my friends from my OG who just got promoted. I miss her so much and we got to chat awhile and she bought us dessert and wrote 'Happy Birthday Twin' on it because when she started at OG everyone called us twins. It was so great to see her!

Friday night my dad, stepmom, sister & her boyfriend, stepbrother & his girlfriend, and D & I went out to dinner. It was a really fun meal and a great time with my family. Carol bought a cake and we brought it to the restaurant. My dad and Carol got me a bottle of wine, a gorgeous amethyst ring, and a nice check!! I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband and family.

My best friend Bianca got SO MANY of my favorite gymnasts and celebrities to tweet me on my birthday!! We do this every year for each other, and it is just so amazing how many people tweeted me happy birthday!

It was a WONDERFULLY blessed day, and I am so grateful to God for absolutely everything that He has blessed me with in my life. Nothing would be possible without Him, and I know that and always remember to be grateful for everything in my life.

Next Friday, November 1st, my mom is having a big party for me with her side of the family, my extended family, my friends, and some of my mom and sister's and my mutual friends. She's already started moving furniture and getting decorations out and planning the menu! It's going to be SO MUCH FUN, and I am actually looking forward to it even though I hate being the center of attention for any reason. I will definitely update again after next weekend!