i've decided that i'm so blessed because i always find myself surrounded by the best people ever. not only are my friends from tufts amazing, but my friends from home are still my best friends despite the distance, my friends in Rome are amazing, and i have the best family a girl can ask for...especially my sisters. Christina sent me a birthday card early to be sure it would get here in time for my birthday. She knows that my deal is...when anyone turns 20, i am sure to remind him or her that it is just no longer possible for he or she to be as old as the teenage mutant ninja turtles. so she sent me the sweetest card and some TMNT stickers! Now, at first, I just had the stickers on display but earlier this week i decided that i need to celebrate the last few days of my TMNT era so my roommate and i proudly sported them on our outer most layer of clothing. here's the full sheet of stickers i have left, the other one is missing quite a few stickers.


and so that made me super happy cause i actually received that card about a week ago. then, anna informed me that she had sent me something and collin informed me yesterday that it was waiting for me at the IES center. after school, jesse and i went to pick it up and it was so so cute. anna's card was silly (as expected) and the package was even sillier. she sent me two little boxes of nerds, the soundtrack to party of five (as a preview to my real gift), and she colored me a picture of a giraffe holding a toothbrush and toothpaste. i really loved all of it and it made me so happy to receive such a silly birthday package right before my birthday. this is anna's masterpiece. i've named him denny.


and these are the two cards from my sisters :-D


and there's my CD and nerds.


ok well that's it for now. i just wanted everyone to see how amazing my family and friends are and how loved i feel. thanksgiving is just a lil more than an hour away. i'm totally a persony adult...we're hosting a bunch of our friends for a thanksgiving feast tomorrow evening and then danielle will be flying in from milan to join us before we go out for my 1201...the official time that i can no longer be a teenage mutant ninja turtle. i have a feeling we wont be going to sleep and will just head to the airport super early to catch our flight to dublin! i'll post pictures of us cooking and my last few hours as a TMNT and my birthday celebration as soon as i can.