Yesterday was my birthday, my first birthday in Turkey. It was a well-blended day of blessings and setbacks. I woke to a big pot of coffee, eggs and toast prepared by my fiancée. Yum! I got out of the shower and found that my hairdryer broke. It started smoking and smelled like burnt plastic. I told my cleaning lady today that it was trash and she said she would take it. I am not sure what she plans to do with it. Most of what she does and says is still a bit confusing for me... Anyway, back to birthday.
I went to class where my wonderful classmates brought a really good, chocolate cake. I blew out candles and everything! and we had cake for lunch:) My classmates are awesome! Then, as I was working on homework, using the dictionary, on my phone it crashed! I tried to reboot it, several times - nothing. (Can I have a phone with a hair dryer app for my birthday please?!) I had planned to run some errands after class, but of course some of those were dependent on a few phone calls and a Google map - all hidden behind a black screen with a little apple icon that decided to take the day off. There is no picture for this post, and that is why. So, I went home to troubleshoot my phone and let everyone know, I am alive - contrary to the death of what has become the equivalent of my external hard drive to my brain. I was close to restoring the phone to factory settings when I got a tip: "plug it in, that happens to me sometimes" Of course, I had already plugged it in, but I went ahead and plugged it in again and left it alone to catch up on email. About an hour later, after chirping and squawking what I thought was a beg for euthanasia, the home screen popped up! Whew. I added - write down important information from my phone, to my tomorrow's to-do list. On with the bday. My fiancée came home, we went for a run, meeting his brother hard way, we run along the water and returned home to quickly shower (and air dry hair!). For the evening, my fiancée took me to a sushi restaurant - one thing I really miss from the states!! It was a very romantic dinner and overall great birthday! Thanks for all the messages, calls and FB posts!

Bethann
4/7/2011 06:06:19 am

Didn't your low tech friends give you an old fashioned map for Christmas? See....sometimes it doesn't pay to be so modern...
love and miss you!

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