Happy Birthday to Me!!

Happy Birthday to Me! In addition to it being my birthday it is also the Summer Solstice and the longest day of the year. The kickoff to summer in the Northern Hemisphere is 7:28 a.m. EDT. Happy summer everybody!

We had a wonderful weekend. I just wish it had not gone by so quickly! Saturday we drove up about 2:30 p.m. and got settled in. Dave went down to the jacuzzi and I relaxed in the room. I wanted to go in the jacuzzi but I was afraid of inflamming the eczema. We had an early dinner at a trendy little place called Buchanan's. I had an Asian Chop Chop salad and 3 Lemon Drop cocktails. We went back to the room and I watched It's Complicated. I fell asleep around 9:45 p.m.

Sunday we got up and had breakfast about 7:30 a.m. The hostess Flavia sang Happy Birthday to me and she had a lovely voice. I had a made to order omlette with spinach, bacon and green onions. Dave wanted to use the jacuzzi again so I watched Dear John. Wow, was that a tear jerker. Then we took off to go to the Academy of Sciences. Here are some of the pictures I took:

The trail behind the hotel (view to right)

Trail behind the hotel (left view)

Yummy Lemon Drop!

Dave - my honey!

Aquarium tunnel

Aquarium tunnel

My favorite part was actually the rainforest. We need to go back up there and spend the entire day to really see everything. The extreme Mammal exhibit will be there until late September. We had to cut our visit short because Dave had a baseball game to umpire.

My coworkers are taking me to Elephant Bar for lunch. I am going to order something small and healthy. Tonight we are going to go to P.F. Chang’s at Oakridge. It will be Debby, Larry, Mom, Dave, Danielle and me. All my besties in one place! How wonderful is that? I looked at the menu and have some fairly good options to choose from. Oh and I will be having cheesecake for dessert! I can split it with Dave or my momma.

This has been a big year for me. I have made a lot of breakthroughs on the emotional front and I think I am in a much better place. I am healthier now then I have been in years. I think my 44th year is going to be a good year. I am hoping to reach my WL goal before I turn 45 so that will be exciting to see. Hope you all had a good weekend! Have a good day and Happy Summer! Until next time...