Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to mee- eeee, Happy Birthday to me!
I am now 21 years old. What does that mean to me? It means I get a normal horizontal license! I would if I was in Washington at least! I went down to the DMV because my license expired on my birthday! I had kept forgetting an important piece of information every single time I went down there. One time I forgot my birth certificate. The next time I brought my birth certificate, but they wanted the real original. I had to then go back and get my original, and then FINALLY get my license! I am legal!

Hunter had asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday. In all honesty, I just wanted to go somewhere that I could go shopping, and just feel normal again. We went for lunch at Speedy B's- a small tiny little sit down place. Everyone in the town goes there! We went to lunch with hunters co-workers, and I saw my pastor, and a lady from church. Its THE place to go!

We tried to get me a fishing license so I could go fishing, so I went to the drug store where they sell them. I went up to the counter and told the lady what I had needed, and she asked me how long I lived in Saint Johns. I nicely said "Oh! Not that long, cant you tell?" And apparently you have to live in Arizona for 6 months to obtain a fishing license. I had already told her how long I lived here before she even asked me the question! How dumb of me!

We went home to put caden down for a nap. Then we went to go to Springerville, which is half an hour from here. I heard there was a Safeway there! We started driving, and I just enjoyed looking at the scenery- the luscious dirt filled hills, and beautiful bunches of dead weeds everywhere. Hunter showed me where the city was, and I looked and what did I see? Nothing! I said Hunter, where is this so called city? He told me it was right over the hill, and sure enough, it was right over the hill!

The first thing we went to was the sports store. Yep, you guessed it! I was going to get me a fishing license! The man asked me how long I lived here and I had to fib.... Of course I wanted to go fishing! I thought, "steph, dont say 6 months, because youll sound supicious!" So what did I say? I said 7 months! Yes! Score for Steph! I felt bad, but hey, you would do the same thing if you were me!

So we bought some other stuff and headed out for dinner- cuz this girl was hunnnngry! We went to this steak restaurant, and had some wonderful bread, and steak. Oh, and salad. After eating, we went to go fishing! So we headed off on the road, and we were chatting away in the car. I was noticing how awfullly long our trip was, and i looked up next to the road, and I saw a "Welcome to New Mexico" sign.. now wait a second! How did we end up here? Apparently we got lost, but dont worry, we finally got there okay!

Fishing was okay, except I kept getting my line stuck, and it was making hunter mad. I just kept laughing my head off! We didnt catch anything at the first place, so we went to the lake.. Yep! Lyman lake!!!! We got there, and it was pitch black! So we set up our spots, and started to get our poles ready. I was holding the light for hunter so he could see what he was doing. The worst part was, that everytime i turned on the light, thousands of mosquitos swarmed over to the light... They were going in my sleeve, in my shirt, biting my face, biting me everywhere! It was miserable!

It was a good, silent time of fishing with my husband. I truly enjoyed Gods handiwork when I looked up into the sky and saw the stars. Thats one thing a small town is good for- you can really see the stars. Sometimes at night I just sit outside and stare at the sky. My line only got stuck once, thankfully! We then ventured home, and I passed out because I was so tired!

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. The best present I got was from a dear friend of mine. She sent me prayers for my birthday. I think that is a great thing to have.