Well, I'm 27!
Granny's birthday is January 24 (or 23, or 25, or 26, depending on who you ask...) and mine's January 28th.
I've been remiss; January has been a busy month that ended with a week of celebrations that kept me busy. All in one week I had the Chamber of Commerce award dinner, Granny's 85th birthday party and celebrations for my own 27th birthday.
Granny's party was a fundraiser for her Rotary scholarship, and raised at least $4,000, which is fantastic. In high school I worked at the office after school and in the summers, and spent every Thursday as Granny's guest at Rotary (mainly so I could eat Countryside), so I'm pretty familiar with the good Rotary does in our community. Granny's Rotary scholarship goes to a graduate of Odessa High School every year, so it was a great cause in addition to getting to see so many of our friends.
TFW Granny tells everyone about how now that you work out of her office you've taken down the family photos and replaced them with your whiteboards.
Grandkids with Granny: Me, Blanton, Don (Hallie's husband) and Hallie. My cousin Ellen, her husband Jaremy and their son, Titus, came as well but had to leave early — Titus isn't quite 1 and has an early bedtime.
My sister, Hallie, came through with the balloons!
Granny's big party was tons of fun — but I'd scheduled my own birthday party for the next night. I had a few friends come to a party at The Foundry in Westport, which was a lot of fun, despite how, as I wrote in my column, I ended up falling, getting my arm caught between two coffee tables and spending the next week with a huge bruise on my arm. I have few excuses for myself, except that everyone else thought the coffee table I fell off was a stage, too.
I don't often put enough forethought into my birthday to have a party, and it's always rough to know that several of my best friends are scattered across the country and can't come, but I'm glad i went ahead and had a party this year.
Sunday the family got brunch at one of our favorite places, V's, and not to be done, Monday we had cake at the office. It's been a great start to being 27, and I'm excited for it to be a great year. Just, maybe don't expect me to dress up for a while... particularly because now I have the flu!
Hallie said her bright lip was in my honor.
Kim Jeffrey made my beautiful cake!