I don't care that you don't celebrate half birthdays or that you think i'm silly because I do, I will eat my darn cake because IT'S MY HALF BIRTHDAY AND I WILL CELEBRATE!

Its OK guys i'm just being sassy.

But half birthdays, come on.
We can't be the only family in the world that celebrates half birthdays.

I think it started because my birthday is the day after Christmas and I get so much stuff during that time of the year that we wanted to break it up a bit.

So half birthdays.
Half way between one birthday and another.

So I am officially 21.5 years old.

How bout them apples?

This time last year Bri had just passed away and I had gotten my Alex and Ani bracelet that has a motorcycle on it to remind me of her.
Crazy summer last summer.

But this summer has been better thank god.

So yesterday I had the full day off and I took full advantage of it.

I went to the "beach".
Packed up my tiny osprey backpack with snacks, sunscreen, some books and anything else I could need.
And my wonderful mama sent me an itty bitty cake to eat since usually on  your half birthday you either get a pie or half a cake.
Since i'm away she sent me my own little cake.

So there I am laying out on the "beach" with all my stuff.
A few other visitors come by and then I spy some M2W rafts come by and it just so happens one of my favorite guides Sam  is in one of them.
I say hi and he comes over and I go for a little ride with Sam before he rafts away.
Sam pointed out one day that the way I stand with my hips is either the pregnant lady stance or the my back hurts stance.
Neither of those things are true so I've been trying to change the way I stand.

Anyways after a while Deanna and her friend whose name is evading me right now show up.
Now Deanna does not believe in half birthdays but I've been trying to convert her.

We decide to go and get lunch I get pickle chips and a raspberry sunset.
Now two bad things happened.
I ordered and ate an entire thing of pickle chips
And
They were out of lemonade which is part of a raspberry sunset so they replaced it with lemon vodka.
Super strong and I was a bit tipsy after so I hung out down town for a bit for a few hours, eating other food and drinking lots of water plus as big glass of blueberry matcha from the tea room.

All sobered up, I promise mom, and Casey can attest to my sobriety, and I went home and slept.

So before I went to the beach I slathered on sunscreen literally everywhere.
But I was laying on my back and my towel rubbed it off so my back is bright red, but no where else.
So I've covered myself in aloe vera which is very hard to get every nook and cranny of your back by yourself and don't have I don't know an amazing roommate. I MISS YOU ANNAMARIE!

So I spent the rest of the night relaxing and slathering aloe vera between drinking tons of water.

I wish I was home but it was a pretty OK half birthday even though I wasn't with some of my favorite people.