anniversaries & birthdays

happy anniversary to my mom & dad (which was yesterday), and happy birthday ace (today)!

tomorrow, happy birthday to dad-in-law, and on saturday, happy birthday to c, mom of l! lots of birthdays in july...

yesterday i went berry picking again, and got more raspberries. i only had an hour to pick, with all the other errands, between my teaching. i want to make a berry crisp or coffee cake to take with us camping this weekend. i'm nervous about camping... i'm worried about bringing enough healthy food & keeping it from breaking/spoiling, and worried about sleeping at night & my nightly trips to the can. also worried about bears, as they're out in droves this season (supposedly) due to a bad berry crop. we're camping with friends at paulina lake, which is near sunriver & bend in central oregon. i've really been looking forward to it the whole summer, as it's one of my favorite places to camp, but i'm just getting a little nervous. i'm so tired, and there's all the grocery shopping & packing to be done...

i didn't get any pictures, but last night we were invited over to friend p & a's house in southeast portland for a bbq to celebrate our friend u being in town for a visit. it was great to see the symphony friends, and there was lots of great food, including an amazing tres leches cake. my contribution was a caprese salad... nice to have an excuse to buy fresh mozzarella and heirloom tomatoes. today, in my semi-comatose state, is a day of teaching, laundry, grocery shopping, & planning, and i'm going to try out the prenatal dvd for the first time. i hope i don't hurt myself!