Today was my 23rd birthday and, overall, it was pretty damn good. As always my parents and sister pulled out all the stops to give me a special day and I can’t thank them enough for that. Although I didn’t expect anything I got plenty of lovely cards and presents that I’m excited about sharing with anyone interested enough about my life to read my blog.
My dad’s gift was a joint Christmas and Birthday gift comprising of a brand new motherboard for my computer. There are a few barriers preventing me from using it just yet, but it’s far superior to what I have right now. For starters it can take double capacity memory that my current one can, AND it’s PCI Express compatible (mine right now is limited to PCI only). I’m looking forward to when we finally get it set up which might happen later this month or perhaps in March.
My mum contributed towards a webcam which I’ve pondered about getting for a long time. I tested it the day we got it to make sure it was working – I was very impressed with the quality – but I haven’t properly used it with any of my friends yet. I’ll also use it to take pictures of me and Flopsy as I no longer have a digital camera and the camera on the phone I’m using at the moment isn’t great quality.
My mum also bought me a really adorable Christmas novelty husky that does a little dance and sings a bit from “Merry Christmas Everybody”. It’s not Christmas anymore but as my birthday is fairly close my mum just couldn’t resist how cute it was!
My wonderful sister gave me a stunning cubic zirconia ring attached to a chain so I can wear it around my neck if I want to (I love necklaces so I will). She also made me a cake, but not just any kind, my favourite – cheesecake!
Someone very dear to me that I met on WoW has given me gifts through that to mark the occasion, but before Christmas he also bought me a 2 month gamecard for both celebrations. I was so grateful because I thought I’d have to leave for a while.
Other than the webcam which I knew about a while back (but I’ve had other things on my mind so it had slipped my memory) I really wasn’t expecting anything else. Several people wished me happy birthday even though I was sure most would forget and I have to say I feel really blessed to know the people I do.
If any of them read this I hope they realise how very much they mean to me.