Cloud On My Tongue

Bet you're dying to know what my birthday surprise was, huh? Well, I had to wait, and now you do too.

First came the bonfire party thingie on Friday night after the (awesome!) show. (Warning: this post contains a heap of pictures.)



Now that's a nice fire.



Yeah, it's my birthday - rock.



Amber and Britteny, and me crashed on the couch. Nothing like a big ol' couch parked under the stars next to a giant fire. I love the country.



Add Nathan - we're all so happy!



Subtract Nathan and me, add Travis - what a bunch of freaks. Yeah, and I love them tons!

After camping out under the stars in a tent, we woke up in the morning and took in a light (bwah) breakfast. Travis positively vibrated with anxiety all the way through breakfast, and then...it was time.



I flew this plane! No, not really...this was just the plane that got me...



...up here! See that little dot? That's me! In a hang-glider! Freaking SWEET!! The plane towed us up to 2500 feet and we glided down...about fifteen minutes of pure joy and quiet and wheee!!! It was a tandem flight, just me and the instructor, and we actually got high enough to soar through a cloud. I've been INSIDE A CLOUD!



It was so amazing, seriously - the only way it could have been any better is if Travis had gone too - but now we'll just have to go back! AWESOME!



Coming in for a landing...



Gracefully (bwah) extricating myself from the harness while my instructor, Awesome Bob (not kidding, that's how he introduced himself), looks amused.



Awesome Bob - he did allow us to call him Bob for short. But he is, indeed, awesome.

We met up with Britteny and Amber for lunch at Joe's Crab Shack, where my adrenaline and excitement didn't really afford me much room for food, although I did mooch off of Travis...



I love that I have a friend who's so hot she can't even look bad when she's trying to look bad.



You may wonder what they're looking at with such a mixture of consternation and disgust...



Yeah. Isn't he cute? No one can eat crab claws neatly, though.



A little wicked, and a lot proud of himself, as he should be - he pulled it off and made this quite possibly the best freaking birthday ever. I had a FANTASTIC birthday, and I was completely surprised. And it's not even over yet - off to my show and then a little party. And Trav's momma made me a cake, and I'm going to devour that. I love this day!!!