I turn 23 tomorrow. This year, I'm getting the chance to do many things with the people I love to celebrate. I saw Godzilla last night with a good friend and my sweetie. Today, my grandma took me out for breakfast, I'm going to be playing League of Legends with my buddy @drummonkey50 and then going to a friend's house followed by birthday dinner with my love. Tomorrow, after work I'm hanging out with a friend and then on Sunday, my whole family is getting together for lunch. I'm really happy to be spending my birthday with such wonderful people who mean so much to me.
There was a period of a few years where I didn't really enjoy birthdays. I think it was because I was with someone who really didn't know me and birthdays were always a bit of a letdown. I would get a Coach purse from him. For anyone who knows me, my favorite purse was a $2 one I got at a thrift store with a paisley pattern. I've never been a designer girl and my birthdays were just a reminder that I was with someone who didn't get me.
Here is a flashback picture from my 20th birthday and the last time I had blue hair.
It's an incredibly unflattering picture, I know but you get the idea. This was also from when I weighed about 35-40 lbs more. I'm very proud of how far I have come since that point both emotionally and physically. My 20th birthday was my first birthday that I got to spend with my sweetheart and was the first time I got excited about my birthday in a long time. He gets me and I love him for that.
