Branden wins

So my upcoming doom  birthday is on Saturday. Branden, because he's only turning 25 this year he's sweet and wonderful, has been trying to convince me for the past week that I can actually have fun and enjoy my birthday. He really wants to make it something special and I tried to explain that it's like a big pile of rhino poop and no matter how you dress it up, it's still rhino poop...28 piles actually. But since my husband is amazing, he found exactly what to do to make me squeal in glee: he planned for us to go to a wildlife park! I, unlike Paige Kellerman and Joshua, love zoos, animal parks, or just chasing the stray cats that run on my back garden wall. And you all really need to click on Paige's name because it takes you to a hilarious post she wrote about the horrors of the zoo, which usually would make me instantly befriend her and cry over the lack of love for such a magical place made me laugh my pretty little head off!

Anyway, I have a Street Pastor's meeting on Saturday morning, which I am really excited about and will be blogging about on my other site With a Meek Heart soon. Breakfast will be provided and I will get to meet up with our current team members, who are all amazing people, and others who may become part of our team. Branden has to work in the morning so we plan to get lunch afterwards then catching the train out to the wildlife park. It's on an island only a 15 min train ride away so I'm excited! We will come back and go out to dinner so it really pains me to say it should be a good day!

Tonight I have a big feast with a big group of my friends as we celebrate our friend Marcie's parents visiting from Mississippi! It will truly be a feast as Marcie's parents are cooking for us...you know how that Southern hospitality is! It will be a great night, even if we will be missing two very loved members of our 'group'. Marcie's husband Zack is away for business and Linda who is away in India right now, but she is having a good time and I can't wait to hear her stories when she comes back! We will already have plenty of stories from our other friends who will be giving us their tales from their recent trip to Siberia. It's amazing the places you can go when you follow God's call in your life..we wouldn't be here if we hadn't.

Last night, my fabulous American house mate took me out for a birthday drink since she will be gone over the weekend. She only got here a few weeks ago and she only has a couple of weeks left in the house but she has been a wonderful addition to the house. She even started a blog when she got here! You can check it out HERE. We went to a cozy little pub and had a nice time, enjoying good Irish beer and cider.

I posted on my other blog yesterday. It was a post I did for Janie (a private blogger and you can request access to her blog by emailing dumpedfirstwife@gmail.com) answering her question of "What is love and intimacy". Feel free to take a peek HERE. With Branden being so busy studying all the time, all I can think of for that question right now is this:

I miss my husband and I think that's probably why I'm so excited about Saturday. My birthday doesn't matter; I get to spend time with the man that means more to me than anyone else in the world...how could I not have a wonderful day?