jamie ann

Thursday night, I arrived back in Chicago to a message that my dad was back in the hospital. He had a heart attack and would be having surgery on Friday.

On Saturday, my actual birthday, I got into a knock down, drag out argument with my mother. It wasn’t pretty and resulted with her shutting off my phone and taking me off our family plan so I have no phone for a few days. Plus, I woke up completely sick so my plans were completely thrown out the window.

(There will be a post on the crazy that is my mother soon. Hi mom, make sure you check back for that!)

BUT my birthday was not a complete train wreck.

Tuesday night when I was in LA, I was able to have dinner with Katelin. I wish we lived closer because I love hanging out with her. It was great being able to catch up!

(LA post to come and dude, it was AWESOME)

Friday night was my birthday celebration/quinceanera (as Nic and I were calling it) with a few fantastic friends. We went to The 44th Ward Dinner Party and got our grilled cheese on. Then headed over to Halsted’s Bar and Grill where we ate some of the Swirlz Cupcakes that I had picked up earlier in the day.

I highly recommend cupcakes in bars. The whole night was low key and just what I needed. I really do have some pretty awesome friends.

Saturday, my dad was able to come home from the hospital and that was probably the best birthday present I could ask for. But also, that morning my doorbell rang and I ran down to see I had a flower delivery from my friends at Nintendo! (I’m a Nintendo brand enthusiast) My favorite color and a gorgeous arrangement. It was the first time I’ve ever been sent flowers too so that was pretty exciting.

And to wrap up my birthday weekend, I discovered Mad Men season three was on sale at Target for only $18 so I treated myself to that. In a few days, I’ll be having a Don Draper marathon!

So that was my birthday weekend. Some bad: dad sick, crazy mother and no phone. Some good: cupcakes, friends, Mad Men and pretty flowers. I can’t complain.

How was your weekend?