HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today is my good friend Liz's birthday! This is probably not super exciting for you unless you are her (Hi Liz!), but it was exciting for me because she only lives an hour and a half away. This is the closest I've lived to any of my college friends since graduating, but we still hadn't seen each other until yesterday. I drove down to Hartford in the early afternoon, hung out all evening and into the night, then left really early to be back on the farm by 8:00 this morning because today was our Celebration of Living Gifts! But more on that later.

It was really great to see an old friend. We (she) made ravioli with mushroom filling that were really good, we had a roasted green bean and bell pepper dish, plus several dips and appetizery things. She also made an uh-mazing cake/torte thing with chocolate and sweet potatoes that didn't taste like sweet potatoes at all and was fantastic. It was fun to meet some of her post-college friends; we played Taboo (and my team totally won) and sat around and chatted a lot. Most of the guests spent the night and I may or may not have stayed up until 3:00 talking and catching up. Which wouldn't have been so bad if I a.) hadn't stayed up until 3:00 the night before, too, baking bread and dancing to "Love Shack" in my living room (hey, all these wonderful people are leaving! We had to have a dance party!) and b.) didn't have to leave at 6:00. So I only slept for three hours, but that was okay, I guess. I kept myself awake on the drive home by belting out Wicked in its entirety, and then being outside all day today I was too cold to think about being sleepy.

It was quite a wonderful birthday party and I'm very glad I got to see an old friend. Now, if you'll excuse me, I am off to get some sleep before The Celebration of Living Gifts, Part II, tomorrow! Goodnight! And Happy Birthday Liz!!!!!