Yesterday was my moms birthday! My mom is my best friend and yesterday ended up being a great day.  We went out for lunch with a friend of hers at a very trendy brewery in the city and then walked around an artsy neighborhood.  We watched a glass blowing demonstration in a hippie shop and then decided to go to our marina and check out how our boat fared through the winter months.  Afterwards, we went back to her house and waited for my brother to come home from college. Then we all went out to dinner and had a nice ‘ol margarita party.

All of this was great and really lifted my spirits, which are slowly dropping at the thought of going back to school in a few days.  But the bad part of the day was when I broke a nail! I swear it always happens on the…