Birthday time!

So it was my 26th birthday last week, and as someone told me that means I am officially closer to 30 than 20 now. That makes me feel a little old, but I'm okay with that. I had a great birthday and I am so thankful to all my friends who sent me messages that day, it made me feel very loved. My actual birthday was on a Friday, so we didn't do anything super special, I had to work that night and then I went home to finish a paper for my class. On Saturday, I woke up early and drove to Austin to watch my little brother swim. I hung out with him for most of the day and my parents came in town later that afternoon. That night we went to Craig's meet again and watched him swim a career best, which was awesome. Then we went out to eat as a family plus Craig's housemate and his family. After that we went to Pete's to cap off the night. Several of my friends met me there and I had a great time singing along, being goofy, and watching my brother work it on a girl there. Overall, it was great birthday and I am so thankful for all of my friends.
On another note, my little brother is officially a professional swimmer. This past weekend was the American Short Course Championship, and Craig did very well there. He won the 500 freestlye the first night and on the third night got third in the 200 backstroke. Placing in both of those events won him some money, so he is official now. It's been such a treat watching him grow in to the great swimmer he is these days and I am so very proud of him. He works extremely hard so it was great for his confidence for him to do well this weekend. Now we're just looking forward to Olympic Trials in 2008. If you want to check him out, he has his own website now, he's big time! Check it out: http://www.conciergechappy.com/ Some girls made it for him and it looks really good.