23

Yesterday, I turned 23. I am very blessed to have so many supportive people in my life who celebrated my birthday. When I walked into work yesterday (my new job!) I was greeted with all of my co-workers and the treats they brought to celebrate. I have known these people for only five days and they were eager to celebrate my birthday. They even signed a card and left it at my desk for me. What a blessing of a job.

It is funny how age is relative to some people based on their own age. For instance, my co-workers asked me how old I was turning and I replied with a confident, "23." Reactions varied from "Oh, what a baby!" to "Sheesh, I hardly remember 23!" As you can probably gather, I am the youngest at my new job. I was the youngest at my old job, too. In fact, I have typically been the youngest in my all of my previous jobs. I personally love it because I can learn from others who have more experience than I do in the workforce, but that's another blog for another day.

My birthday started off on Thursday when Matt decided to take me out to see the 8:00 PM premiere of Hunger Games: Catching Fire (we are old, I know). It was very, very good. Matt knows me so well and that was the perfect present for me. But he decided that wasn't enough and wanted to take me out to dinner of any place of my choosing on Friday night (my actual birthday).

I chose Bang Bang Mongolian Grill in West Des Moines. It is similar to HuHot, where they serve fresh Mongolian grill-style food. You choose exactly what goes in your dish, choose your sauces, and they grill it up for you in front of your eyes. This was the second time I had ever been and it definitely did not disappoint. I would recommend this place to anyone looking for a change that isn't too pricey.

It isn't the pricey gifts or the fancy dinners that makes me blessed. It is the people who cared enough to show me that I mean something to them. They cared enough to go out of their way to do simple things for someone else. To me, that is what God wanted us to do, as Christians. Show others that unconditional, unrequited love. (See 1 Corinthians 13: 4-13). As humans, isn't that all we can really hope for?