12 hours 40 minutes and counting!!!

YAY! it's almost my birthday.

it is almost time for me to move into my last year of the 20's. i'm pretty excited about putting my 28th year behind me. i will fully admit to some wonderful things happening in that time... i mean, i wouldn't be where i am if not. but i am so glad to be putting that shit year behind me, it's crazy. and this year is supposed to (according to fortune teller ana) be the best year of my life. now, if that doesn't get someone excited about a birthday, and soon after a new calendar year, i don't know what would!

word on the street is that a woman's 30's are supposed to be fantastic. and in time, it will come. i'm not worried about turning 30 (once you get past 25, it's a pretty common topic at birthday time, i have a feeling it will be even more prevelant at 29). i don't even care about the number. i feel like i deserve 30! if i was any younger, i would not be the person i am today... and mostly i'm okay with that person. i will always be a project to be worked on, but nirvana's not an easy journey.

birthday plans
gerry's taken tomorrow off and we've plans to go to cafe paradiso with some of his friends who are kind enough to join in the festivities. it's a gourmet vegetarian restaurant. i've checked out the menu and it looks great. i'm so excited about great vegetarian food! i made pizza last night, but that deserves its own blog entry. also, i get breakfast in bed, and i don't mean the chocolates that danielle sent me... they'll be gone at 12.04 am. :o) otherwise, it will be mostly a day of relaxing. maybe we'll go downtown, if we feel like it. maybe not. on thursday we're going to dublin and we will go shopping there. to the posh mall. and i think we're staying at conor and sinead's. on saturday we're going to carrickmacross, for gerry's brother's engagement party. i have a good feeling i'll have some blogs about that. there have been comments about my inability to understand gerry's father, so we've come up with a signal system, but i won't know if gerry's taking the piss out of me, or genuinely helping... it's pretty much a gamble either way.

stay tuned.