The Sunniest Days of Summer

Couldn't have asked for a better birthday weekend.

Phase 1: The "Cotillion"

Last minute birthday picnic in the park that I couldn't even find...BBQ ribs with friends...camera whoring for an hour and a half...then the boy toy surprising me by stopping by to say hi. Ended the day with chatting with Deej and Leslie about life and Harry Potter. The best.

Phase 2: Julie Vs. Wild

Been planning this hiking trip for days--my cousins bought me army boots and cameo pants and everything. And we decide to embark on a 9-mile hike into the Big Basin Redwood Forest. We encountered banana slugs, millipedes, lizards, snakes...and various classifications of the homo sapien species. Ah, the wilderness. By the time we finished,though I was a languishing specimen, I'm proud to say this:

Julie: 1
Wilderness: 0

And I think that is the most perfect way to begin adulthood.