And in other news...

My family and my friend H surprised me with MY MOM!!!

I had invited her to come up for my birthday, hoping that she could (I have so wanted to share my life up here with her), but the statement came that we are just too poor for it to work.

I forgot all about it. My loved ones didn't.

They all pitched in to get her here, and I screamed! :)

Basically, I'm delirious with happiness.

I'll post later, when I come back down to earth.

I'm just... so happy.