started off the day with a trip to the beach
with my mama!
we somehow started this tradition of taking a birthday-beach-jumping picture, but I am, however, booted. Here is my jump.
it was gooooorgeous though
came home to the best kind of delivery… PLANTS!
and very special birthday art from ry
had a partial family zoom call with some of my favorite people (it made my day)
and then was surprised by my besties with the sweetest birthday drive-by (still crying)
first time we’ve seen each other since February (!!!!!)
homemade pasta for dinner
mom taking a picture of me with my birthday cake – she made me a pineapple upsidedown cake, like her mama used to do for me.
here I am after 3 margaritas and apparently some wine, and crying for an hour over the most thoughtful birthday gifts and the loveliest day

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I genuinely had the very best day, even under these crazy circumstances. My friends and family made me feel so incredibly lucky and loved. From the phone calls and text messages, e-cards, drive by’s, deliveries and zoom calls – I seriously couldn’t love you all more. It is for sure a birthday I will never forget. Turns out birthdays in quarantine? Not so bad.

with love, JAK