Since it’s my birthday and I don’t really feel like writing a long sappy insightful blog, I thought I would just give you guys something funny! And also since in class we were talking about how Vine’s birthday was this past week, I thought I would share with you my most favorite Vine! I hope this inspires you to laugh as much as I did when I first saw it!

In case you don’t follow me on Twitter, because I’ve been so super excited for the past month, my birthday is TOMORROW! I remember when I was little I absolutely LOVED my birthday. There’s just something about it that is so special. It’s one day out of the year that your friends and family celebrate you. It’s “your day.”

So, this brings me back to this time last year. Around this time last year I was about to turn 22 and I had this shocking revelation that I no longer have anymore “exciting” birthdays to look forward too! For instance, when you are 16 you have a sweet 16 and you get your license. When you are 18 you are officially an adult. When you are 20 you finally REALLY get to be an adult because you are now in your 20’s. And of course, when you turn 21, if you do it right, you go out and have drinks because you can now…legally.

So there I was sitting in my apartment just really down because I was almost 22 and just really upset, not because I was getting old, but because I had no more birthdays to look forward to. I didn’t even want to hangout with my friends or do anything on my actual birthday because I was so down about this fact.

Now that I’m almost 23 though, I’m not really upset about turning 23 or the fact that I have no more ground- breaking birthdays. I’ve thought about it a lot, but I don’t regret the way I acted last year because It taught me a lesson that i’ve been thinking about a lot this past month. We should never be upset about our own birthday. Whether we are turning 22, 23, 25, 30, or 50! Life is so amazing. While we are on this Earth we learn so many amazing things! The fact that God has given me another year of such a crazy life should be something that I am so thankful for, not that I should be moping about because I have no more exciting birthdays. EVERY birthday should be exciting. There are people out there who won’t have that joy of being here another year.

So, after thinking about this to myself I just got really inspired to not be such a debbie downer this year. ( I even went out for drinks last night with my best friends and didn’t have to spend a dime because it was my birthday!) I’m excited for tomorrow. I will always cherish my birthdays and every day that God lets me be here. I hope for those of you who also have “no more birthdays to look forward to” will read this and maybe change the way you think. I hope you feel inspired to celebrate every single day of forever and that you live each day to the fullest!

Yes Ryan, it has definitely been a rough couple of days to say the least. I have had to endure so much trash talking on my twitter the past couple of days. It has been UNREAL. I mean, it was inevitable but still. I had a little bit of hope at least.

So yeah, unless you guys have been living under a rock this past weekend. My poor Patriots don’t get to go to the Superbowl this year because we got beat by the Broncos. This leads me to this wonderful blog.

There is a video i’m attaching to this blog about how I acted this past Sunday. It was what inspired me or gave me an idea of what to post for this weekend. This video reminds me of myself because even though i’m not as crazy as the people in this video, I do have silly little rituals that I do while I watch the game because I feel like my team is more likely to win…as crazy as that sounds. For instance, if a team that I REALLY like is playing, I have to wear the team’s shirt. Like, even if I won’t be leaving my house, so other people won’t even see it, I still feel like I need to wear it. Also, if my team is losing I call my mom and tell her to stop watching the game because whenever she doesn’t watch it, we always seem to win. This past Sunday, I texted her 3 different times to tell her to stop watching the game because we were losing.

But yeah, enough of my crazy, superstitious sports talk….

Here’s the link…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvXDk9uR5vg

And here is my boyfriend and I as we were losing…

So, yeah, I know I’m the last one to put up a blog in our group. Welcome to my life. One thing I have noticed from some of you is that you are stressed out. That is me completely right now. For those of you who know nothing about me, HI I’m Courtney! I’m a Senior Marketing Major and I’m so ready and excited to graduate! I have a Pomeranian that is quite possibly the cutest thing you will ever see. My  boyfriend got her for me 2 Christmas’s ago and she’s basically my child. My boyfriend is a DJ so I am constantly trying to find him gigs and going to numerous parties to show my support. I work at the Cato on Skyline and I am currently trying to find a more professional full-time, big girl job. I’m from Malvern, but I’m originally from Massachusetts. For those of you who know nothing about Boston Sports, I can guarantee that you will here something about some Patriots from me this week and the weeks to come. I’m a HUGE Boston Sports fan. Down South, in the Bible belt, people have Jesus and College Football. Up North it’s all about Catholicism and the Red Sox.

But enough about all that. I’m not here to speak about religion. (Even though I do love God.) I know that for a lot of us College has been super stressful. I know for myself I’ve been setting a lot of goals for myself as well. I want to make all A’s this Semester since it is my last one ever! I also want to workout more just to be healthier, as well as eat better, control my finances better, get a big girl job, and just hopefully survive it all. The reason it took me so long to finally start this blog is because I had no idea what to write about at all. School and work and spending time with my friends and boyfriend during the weekend basically rules my life right now, as well as getting organized for graduation. I was desperate you guys! (I even looked up topics to blog about.) Shameful, I know. Then, all of a sudden, it hit me. What if I blogged inspiring things. I find inspiration in so many different aspects and parts of my life. Inspiration is everywhere, from quotes, family and friends, God, even nature, as cheesy as that sounds.

So basically, I think I’ll just blog about my life and little cool things that happen along the way that I find uplifting, spiritual, and inspiring. Also, I’m just warning you guys that I find a lot of things in life hilarious and I have way too many awkward moments. But yeah, how do you guys feel about that?

(By the way, this is my puppy.)

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