They say it's your birthday

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Happy Birthday Momma!!

Today my beautiful mother turned 29 can you believe it!? She doesn't look a day over 25 ;)

I was so happy to finally get the chance to FaceTime my family before running out the door again.

As I talked with them over their nice dinner out, I wished I could be there to give the birthday girl a huge hug. But, beggars can't be choosers I guess. Still, I wished I could have done more than just chat through two glass screens.

My mom and I are really close, so it's hard to not be there and just have talks about nothing and everything like we do when I come home on breaks. 

She definitely helped to keep my mind off the hectic day though, and she knows how to remind me to not take everything so seriously. Which, actually came in handy, because when I came home from class I walk into my apartment and...

And later...

Yeah our ceiling is toast.  Right now there isn't even a hole, but more like a gaping portal to Narnia. Both of those tiles are on the floor!

How the ladies of our apartment solve problems: put on a "rain" music playlist and dance until we hear back from our landlord. What else can you do besides be a little silly and have some fun with it? Again, not taking things too seriously, or at least trying.

Thank goodness we have the best landlord in the universe and he came at 10:00 at night to help fix the problem. Now we just kind of have to wait it out until he orders new tiles. I think it adds some character to Lady Laga. 

So, our original plan to celebrate our roommate Fredrika's birthday definitely were not going to go down the same way after all of this. But we decided since it still was the only day we could celebrate this weekend, we had to do something.

Oakland bars, here we come.

After trying Hems (WAY too crowded for our liking) we headed over to Atwood for Fredrika's first time at GDoor. 

I think it's safe to say she had a nice time. Happy early 22nd birthday Fredrika, and happy birthday mom!

Ta ta for now babes,

Xx

Amanda