Wind in my hair and bugs in my teeth

Happy Birthday to ME!
A few days ago was my birthday. It was a pretty good day. I got my major gift a few days before my actual birthday but that was ok. Big Daddy splurged and bought me a brand new bicycle. It is red... it's nice. I have never had a brand new bike before. It was a great gift. So I have ridden it a few times and it is weird to ride a bike again. I do enjoy it a treamendous amount. But as a kid you had purpose for biking, it was your mode of transportation. Now where do I go? I can't go get groceries with it, and work is much too far away. So I just ride around. It was a muggy day, a small breeze, I was peddelling away trying to half-assed look like I knew what I was doing. Then I feel the need to yawn. Not thinking, I yawn. Big mistake. Mosquitos saw it coming from miles away and were waiting in the wings to dive bomb into my open mouth. It wasn't pretty. Thank goodness it has rained for the last few days so "wheels" and I have had good reason to take a break and recover.

But I must admit that the best part of my birthday was cake. Dairy Queen ice cream cake.. YUM YUM.

Also for my birthday my friend Kelly blessed the world with a sweet baby girl. Delainey joined the ranks of the human race on June 1st. She missed my birthday (the 2nd) by about 6 minutes. Oh well. Delainey is as sweet as can be and really deserves a birthday of all her own. Holding Delainey was like riding a bike. You know how to do it, you have done it a million times before but just as that confident mother is handing you her child to greet for the first time your pulse races, you forehead beads up, your focus goes blurry, then wham your riding the bike... I mean holding the baby and all is well. I guess the motto for a lot of things in life is just to watch out for speed bumps.