It's My Birthday!

I will admit right now I will never be the person who "doesn't like birthdays" or won't tell anyone when it's their day of birth. I have told possibly every person I know, and several I don't. I mean, it's the day you get to eat cake, do whatever you want just because it's your birthday and people give you presents- I mean, what's not to love?!
So tomorrow will be my "big" birthday. The quarter-century birthday. Dun dun dun. I don't feel like I'm 25. I still feel like I'm 20- just starting life on my own. But sometimes I feel really old- like when I talk about my 401k, or when I had the news broken to me last week that I would need to wear bifocals. Yes, that one stung a little more than a little. (I would like to take this opportunity to thank my mother for passing down her stellar eye sight to me and not my brother. Thanks. Thanks a lot).
So as I reach this pinnacle, this momuntus occasion in life I would like to reflect back on the greatest parts of life pre-25 in, of course, chronological order:

• Birth. Thanks mom for birthing me and sorry I was too quick for an epideral.
• Ice Cream- while ice cream is delicious, I am referring to my Cabbage Patch Kid. She smelled like vanilla (I hope that was intentional) and she was my companion during alot of hard times in preschool.
• Sesame street curtains- I think my brother will share this sentiment.
• The giant red bean bag- this beauty was the most comfortable thing to nap on and made the greatest sparks when you rubbed it really fast.

• Butch- our first dog. Yes, he would hump my leg alot, but he was a good dog.
• Sledding/ hide-and-go-seek tag/ whiffle ball/ spaceship tree house/ and snow forts. These things defined my childhood and why I want a giant yard when I grow up.
• Moab, Utah. Lizard catching, sand dune tumbling, pizza eating, 4-wheeling, sunburns. Need I say more?
• Soccer and Swimming- some of the greatest memories and my best friends were because of these glorious sports.
• Peru! LeaAnn made my life with this trip. I will never look at guinea pigs the same after this trip.
• College. Not at all like it is in movies. That's all I'm sayin.
• Lindsey's wedding. Never have I been so stressed/ excited/ nervous and overall euphoric as that event. I'm getting married in jeans in a field, I can tell you that right now.
• Camp Echo. Oh camp. It was by far the worst/ best summer of my life.
• Philly/NYC/DC trip. This was whirlwind trip and one I will not soon forget.
• The Mish/ Head for the Hills/ Bike Prom: best friends + music + prom dresses = a good time.
• Oregon! My new adventure and new life. So far it's been pretty great.