I’ll be quite honest with you. I had low expectations for my birthday. It started out sadly, as I woke up at 10 a.m. alone with no phone call from my parents (virtually impossible). I waffled around for a good half hour, but then got a phone call from Ashley, who proceeded to sing “Happy Birthday” to me in Spanish. After that, I got on Skype and “opened” my birthday present from Kory. He got me a horseback ride through the bush and onto the beach in Noosa with Ashley! It was probably one of the best gifts I’ve ever received. Shortly after that, I got another phone call from the front desk, telling me that I had MORE flowers! Pete, Amanda, Jake, Heidi, and Royce (my siblings, sibling-in-law, and sibling-in-law to be) had sent me
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