Birthday Weekend ~

September 21st is the greatest day of the year ... because it happens to be my birthday :-)  Wow, 27 years old.  Crazy.  

Even though I love this day and it always makes me feel special ... deep down there is always that thought that this will be my last birthday.  Then I say to myself, "Louisa you are so dumb.  You are going to be an 80-yr old mall walker like Barbara Ann Hughes (she's my old boss at the nutrition private practice)".  This year, my internal focus was "this will be my last birthday with these ole lungs" (my wifey Amanda gave me that little pep talk).  No guts, no glory is my mantra for this year!  I have things to do, people to meet and places to go.  This transplant is just a long-awaited bump in the road, nearly 3 years in the making.  And I will overcome it.



Back to my birthday .... Mom came up Friday and took me out to lunch.  Beasley's Chicken and Waffles (sounds odd, but oh so good) and a little shopping for this new tote.  Hey, a girl has to carry her oxygen tank around in style :-)

I had some special guests come over ~ 

Amongst the others, the adults - Leigh Ann, Josh, Hillary, Brian, Kyomi, Grace, Robbie, Kim and Donald.  We had dinner at Armadillo Grill (yummm) on Saturday, and had a Sherrill family brunch on Sunday at our house.  Thank God for family.  Oh yeah, how could I forget?   My wonderful husband gave me this (it's pink and glamorous).  

It only took him a few hours to find it, with my help of course ... b/c I know where everything is in this house.  Women have a wider peripheral vision, says Dr. Oz.  Or it may be because I put away everything where I think it should go.