It certainly was a nice gesture for the city of Minneapolis to have a massive fireworks display in honor of my birthday. Er, wait, it was Aquatennial, wasn’t it? I guess I’ll just have to keep writing letters to Congress about making July 23rd a national holiday.
Some pictures from yesterday’s party:
My friends Adam (who wrote the article about me for Law & Politics), Libby (another Humphrey Fellow), and her husband Kevin.
My friend Jess, who made me a very cool mixtape, and her friend Janean.
I nearly singed my eyebrows here. That’s my sister, Crystal, holding the cake.
From the right, Carrie, Nicole, Linda, and Traci. Nicole and Linda are both good friends and people well-known in the local disability community. Carrie and Traci are their respective personal care attendants.
The party was successful enough that I think I might try to make this an annual event. I saw friends I hadn’t seen in forever and it was good to reconnect with them. And I managed not to get blindingly drunk, but only because my nurse stopped pouring. She said something about not embarrassing myself, but my memory is kinda fuzzy on the details.
Happy Birthday! Looks like you had a great party.
The party looks like it was awesome. Wish I could have been there. Did any random readers of your blog show up?
u are very cute