46

Yesterday was my 46th birthday. Thank you to everyone who sent cards, texted, called, posted on Facebook, or even thought of me. My birthday is another one of those “emotional quagmire” kind of days. Some people don’t like their birthday, or don’t care about it much…not me…I have always LOVED my birthday. So, even though Jason was one of those “don’t care very much about my birthday” kind of guys, he knew how much I loved mine and would do whatever he could to make my day special for me. Take the day off work to hike with me…plan dinner…go out for a drink after a day filled with kids’ activities. He never failed to make me smile and feel loved and special. I still want that from him for ALL my birthdays.

I had a rough week last week leading up to my birthday…lots of teary evenings…but I did end up having a great weekend. The weather was beautiful yesterday for an exploration of Downtown Northfield. I had no idea there was such a hidden gem a mere 30 minutes away. Had a great time walking around Market Fest and then exploring the shops Downtown. Perfectly relaxing day. Then we went out to dinner in the evening. It was really, really good.

Today Seth and I went and got tattoos! He and I decided about a month and a half ago that we wanted to get matching memorial tattoos for Jason…something tennis related of course. We didn’t have a lot of luck finding anything that we really liked when we were searching for ideas, but we went into Aloha Monkey today and spoke with the artist about what we were thinking and he came back with an awesome design that Seth and I both love. We’re very happy with how they turned out. We both got them on the same spot on our right forearms.

Thank you again for all the birthday wishes!