Teenage MIL and the Flying Monkeys: It has begun.

I love having a "birthday week" but only my immediate family and BF know that I celebrate it for that long, if you consider it "celebrating." When I was younger my bday always feel during Spring Break, so it just kind of stuck with me. Honestly my parents made it a bigger deal than anyone, my biggest perk of the week was getting the final decision in dinner choices every night of Spring Break. Basically now I wear pink outfits/favorite outfits for several days because I love pink, and I love the month of April (my bday is in the beginning of the month), and I either get a small gift from someone everyday or I buy myself a small gift everyday. Small as in a cute little kitchen supply from TJ maxx or new paint brushes or a book or just my favorite candy. It's just a time to pamper yourself, to me. There's no need to make a big deal about it (especially on social media), but I've recently come around on this topic. Like yeah, I actually do fucking like my birthday. Winter is hard as hell for me in terms of emotions and no sun, and when April 1 rolls around I know I have made it another year, I made it past the dead of winter, I survived. Give me everything pink for that accomplishment. I deserve it.

This past year my Mom actually hid little gifts in my house and told me where to find one every day. That was completely unexpected and extremely awesome to me. I had a really hard spring semester and my mom knew that, and she took time to secretly do that in late March because she knew she couldn't be with me during my birthday week. This is my 4th or 5th birthday I've spent without her, so I was really touched by that, because she didn't HAVE to do that!

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