Today was my 35th birthday. I had lots of birthday greetings from friends and family, an unprecedented quantity I think. Thanks to everyone who sent one! Most of them came via Facebook. I got two “old fashioned” paper cards: one from my mom, and one from my friendly neighborhood bank. My mom also sent a gift package (clothing), and my coworker Adam’s wife Gabriela made a vegan cheesecake with “Happy Birthday” written across it in berry sauce. Yummmm.

Another blessing today was the arrival of my new graphic design assistant, Nicole. She’s moving here from Colorado, and turns out she knows some mutual friends of mine (Adrian, Regi, Diana, maybe others—friends who’ve gone to Southern). From what I’ve seen, she is quite talented, and seems like she will be fun to work with.

Hernando and I also went biking this evening. It was the perfect weather for it. We have a little loop that we do, which runs around the campus of 3ABN. It takes us 30-45 minutes to do it. I’m not sure how many miles it is. Great way to end a long day at work!