This morning I woke up such terrible pain.  My back was so tight; I forgot how bad the pain was.  I think after having the pain for so long I became used to it and learned to live with it.  After not having it for over 3 weeks then having it back…WOW!  I really wanted to cry.  I went down stairs to prepare breakfast for my boys and just worked it out as I was cooking.  It loosened up but the pain was still pretty so I ended up taking something for it.

Got passed the pain, as always, I never ever let any kind of pain get in my way, then we headed out to church with the boys and TJ.  I was so excited and so grateful to God, and Sharla, that TJ came.  I love when he attends with me.  It’s great to just sit there next to him, hold hands and listen.  We learned that our campus will be adding a Saturday evening service, which is great!  I was speaking to Sharla and agreed that it would be nice to do dinner then head to the service on Saturday evenings together with our families.

After church we headed out with the boys for a lite lunch and did a little bit of shopping then headed home.  TJ and I had some plans for a nice quiet belated birthday dinner, just the 2 of us, so I tried to get in a quick nap before we left.  Just as we were getting ready to leave it started to storm; lots of thunder and lightning so we just ignored the bad weather and headed out.

We walked into the restaurant, I look up and see a table full of all my favorite workout ladies…they surprised me!  No one can ever surprise me but they pulled it off.  With that, TJ left…he knew all along and helped them surprise me.  It was WONDERFUL!  I was so excited. We had a nice, fun dinner.  We always have a great time together. Thank you Shelly, Tammy, Kristine, and Keri!!!  AND a special thanks to TJ for keeping such a great secret!

Today was a great day…the entire weekend was nice.  Friday night we went to a school auction, spent time with some great friends, and won some great things.  One of the things we won was to have 1 room painted in our house…paint included…for $80!!  Originally we were going to pain Justin’s room but decided to do our instead since it is so big, odd shaped, a lot of trim work, and high ceilings.  Saturday I spent time with another friend; we did lunch and walked around downtown for a while.  The weather was beautiful and the company was great and very inspiring.

My birthday weekend was wonderful…it couldn’t have been any better.  Right from my surprise birthday workout to my surprise birthday dinner and everything in between.  I am so BLESSED!