they say it's your birthday... well, it's my birthday, too...

i love birthdays... sometimes i forget how much i love them... but i do...

except for the rain that was only bad when i decided to walk out from underneath the shelter of the upstairs landing and put a huge damper on the time spent actually fixing my hair this morning... it has been a spectacular day and it's only 9:42... i won't let rain get me down...

and last night wasn't bad either...

here are the thank yous so far:

1) thank you, hot stranger, for wishing me happy birthday last night... for being observant and overhearing my conversations...

2) thank you, starbucks friends, for throwing me a party this morning including cake AND candles... you don't know how much you mean to me... seeing you in the mornings is the highlight of my day...

3) thank you, wende jackson, for calling me right at 12:00 a.m. to sing happy birthday to me...

4) thank you, alyssa sellers, for my favorite birthday card ever...

5) thank you, countless others, for comments and messages and cards and presents...

i've kind of decided 28 is going to be the best year... i have never felt such love and warmth and friendship by so many people all at once as i do here... and today...