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last night we celebrated my

last night we celebrated my birthday at bible study. my brother damon made a yummalicious chocolate fudge cake from scratch and i made home-made chocolate chip ice cream. it was very delicious.

damon got melissas super nintendo and sega genesis from my mom in the mail. last night i got to play all the super nintendo games that i adored (and was actually good at). it was great fun.

donna brought some beaded bracelets from her recent africa trip - probably from Côte d'Ivoire. these blue and white bracelets are traditionally given from one native african to another and are not tourist-y items. they are beautiful, if a bit tight going over my hand. oh and they happen to really pinch and pull at my arm hairs. do africans have less arm hair than alaskans (which actually, now, it makes sense that the answer is yes)?

beth got me some purple roses (which i promptly forgot to take home) and painted then framed a great excerpt from the little prince.

my mom got me the biggest and heaviest basket of bath goodies ive ever seen. with the new apartment and its bathtub that (im sure) wont make me feel dirtier after a bath, i will definitely must try some bath salts, bath bombs, aromatherapy oils, and body washes.

and ive been told one more gift should be here today.

what a great evening.