So on Friday, to celebrate the momentous occasion of my birth, my current roommate is taking me out for dinner.

Then on Saturday I'm going down to Winston-Salem with a bunch of friends for the Derek Webb and Andrew Peterson concert at WakeForest. (Ah, how I wish Jon was there this semester so that I could tease him about saying Wakeforest as all one word and so he could show me 'round his stomping grounds. Two and a half years isn't enough, Jonnyboy! You've gotta be there at least long enough for me to finally get a chance to visit, even if it is in the guise of going to another concert.) We'll be meeting up with a bunch of other friends there, and I've been really looking forward to this whole shindig for a good long while now.

Fortunately, I think I'll be mostly caught up on all my work by then.

And I'm making cookies. Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of cookies.

And cheese straws.