Birthday Joy Dares: 24, 25, 26

24. 3 gifts before 11 am

• a very SPECIAL Happy Birthday shout-out to Cousintwinbridesmaid, who was born at 7:30 am some odd years ago and is officially 26 hours older than me.  Her art inspires me, her love for Jesus encourages me, our annual midnight calls to each other energizes me!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

• finding a group for my class group project in less than five minutes: this time, I didn't have to sit around and feel left out while everyone else buddied up with their friends.  I felt included and my group is awesome.

• easier wake-ups: my parents are back now, which make waking up for early train rides and classes a lot easier since I share the burden with someone else, haha.

25. a gift nearly worn out, a gift new, a gift made-do

• Nearly worn out: my muscles, from going hiking with friends from Bridge!  Lovely morning, lovely company, and a lovely workout in Eaton Canyon!

• New gift: a 3 day pass to the Magical Kingdom!  Thank you, Narutoloverbridesmaid!

• Made-Do: the precious drawings Miss A made me when I had a nice lunch with even more friends from Bridge!  Thank you all for the company and making time to make me feel loved!

26. 3 gifts seen as reflections

• the lovely posts people wrote on my Facebook to wish me a happy birthday.  I was so blessed reading each of them, thank you all!  Still working on the replies.

• Being called on my exhaustion and still not-balanced use of time/schedule.  Sigh.

• Enjoying the reflections on the clear streams in nature yesterday, still basking in the delightful experience!