The Big 2-6

My birthday came and went and oh how glorious it was.  Definitely one of my better birthday celebrations. Mary flew in and got to be there for my party at Birds, which approximately 50(ish) of my dear friends attended. It was so fun to have all my different groups of friends in one place (and have Mar there to meet them!). Sweet Natalie even made me a delicious birthday cake. :-) The lovely people at Birds definitely added to the celebration as well... putting up a very quaint homemade 'Happy Birthday Annie' sign in the "birdcage" area I reserved, putting up balloons, having the entire bar sing happy birthday over the loudspeaker, and bringing me the largest drink I have ever seen. (Thanks guys!). It was fun, fun, fun. 

Last year, I made a list of goals for when I was 25.  I didn't get around to all of them, but I can happily mark several of them off the list....

• Go to San Francisco. (Mary and I went last weekend for Outside Lands and I loved it! Another post on that coming soon).

• Visit Mary in New York (again). (BOO for me. But don't worry... I'll be buying a ticket for another Thanksgiving trip to NYC very soon). 
• Do yoga at least one time a week. (Blurgh. I sadly can't cross this one off.  Due to moving far away from my amazing gym with amazing yoga classes, I have definitely missed many weeks, and my untoned arms are an unfortunate result). 
• Go on a cruise. (This goal was a bit lofty/unrealistic. Dream big, right?)
• Read for pleasure. (I recently said to dear Garrett, "I'm totally into reading now because of The Hunger Games!"  He immediately burst into laughter and still likes to make fun of me for that ridiculously 14-year-old schoolgirl sounding quote, but it's true... this series is SO good. I'm the second book of the trilogy now and I'm loving it). 
• Rest more. (hmm... don't think I can technically cross this one off yet either. I'm a perpetually busy tired girl...ha). 
• Buy a new car. (I've said it before, I'll say it again... honestly the most "adult" thing I've ever done.)

• Visit C-Gunn in Austin. (Good thing, too, because she got an amazing new job at OU and no longer lives in the wonderful city of Austin).
• Keep my new apartment organized/simplified. (For the most part, anyway).
• Ride bikes along the beach. (I think the bike I was riding had a semi-flat tire, but it was still a fun experience, nonetheless). 

• Go to my brother’s graduation from OU in May. (I was so proud. Boomer Sooner, little brother). 
• Blog more. (hmm... due to my recent slacking in this department, not so sure I should mark this off right now...)
• Enjoy this year to the fullest. J (Cheers!)

And now my goals for this shiny new big age....

• Call my grandparents more.
• Go to Catalina Island. 
• Play tennis.
• Expand my cooking horizons.
• Fly a kite on the beach
• Have a bonfire on the beach.
• Have a 'girls weekend' with Mary and our mothers.
• Go to more museums. 
• Have Thanksgiving in NY with Mary.
• Visit Kayla in Denver.
• Blog more.
• Rest more.
• Pray more.
• Be in a flash mob.
• Get an iPhone.
• Enjoy this year to the fullest. :-)

Bring it on, 2-6.  I'm ready. 

xoxo, 

Annie.