i had so much fun last weekend celebrating you! late-night dancing and bike-riding and laughing and lobster roll-hunting and scheming and jumping off the bridge into the cool ocean, SHRIEKING with pure, child-like GLEE!  i hope you know what a testament it is to your lovely character that you have such a fantastic group of girlfriends that surround you, and i hope you know what an influence your loveliness has had on ME.