I'm 32.

So my birthday is on Sunday. I will be 32. I don't feel like I should be 32. I feel like I should be 19, but I am so glad that I'm not 19! :) Since J is on call on Sunday we celebrated today. It was fun. We had pizza, and J bought me roses and a cake. And I got my dream present...(drum roll, please)...

A Nikon D90 DSLR! EEEeeeekkkkk!! (It's a fancy schmacy camera ☺)

I love it. Jonathan loves it too. He has played with it more than I have so far :). Let me tell you the story how I got it.

I have been wanting one for a long time. It's the next step in my love affair with Photoshop. So I have been looking for one for awhile now. And I knew J was looking too, for my birthday. So I decided to help him and I bought this one used from a lady on a photography forum. I got a super amazing deal and could barely hold back my enthusiasm.  

Two days after I bought it, Jonathan came home and said he had to take a board exam in May that costs $800. WHAT?! Who takes $800 tests?! Apparently residents do. I was so upset. (But he told me to get ready because he has to take a $2000 test to get board certified in a year and a half. Thanks for the warning. It will give my heart time to prepare.)  So I was ready to send my camera back. I really wished I could have. But I bought it used. From a lady in Canada. No go. 

But Jonathan has been so sweet and encouraged me to enjoy my camera guilt free. So I am working on it.  The reason there are no pictures is because I don't know how to work it. Jonathan has been snapping pictures of me but I believe I can't work it unless I read the manual. At least twice. Weird, I know.

But I have had a great birthday. I feel so, so blessed in my life. I realize I have so much more than I deserve.  I have been afraid to say that I am happy because I was afraid that something would happen to take that away. But I really am so happy. So I love being 32.

And, can I just say how much I love having a romantic husband. In his birthday card to me, he said "When my body is exhausted and I don't think I can get myself out of bed, I look over at you and I get up and keep going." Man, I love him!!!