birthday!

Today is Amy's birthday!

I met this sweet girl on my first day of work - July 2006. I had lived in Hattiesburg for a few months prior to starting this job, but still had no girlfriends. Sad, I know. I discovered it was harder to make friends for me after college than I thought! It was always me and the boys in Hattiesburg - even my first job here was with a boy (shout out to Toby!). Anyway, you get the point. I was in need of a little girl time. On my first day on the job, a sweet lady downstairs introduced me to everyone in the building. When she introduced me to Amy I was immediately excited about having someone (a girl!) my age in the building. While she is in a different department than me, our offices are right down the hall...SCORE! Immediately Amy made me feel welcomed. On my 2nd day of work, she bought me a Southern Miss cafe mug for my office since "i didn't have anything black and gold". I knew we would be friends - i love presents.

Over the past 2 years we have shared so much! I am SO thankful for her friendship. She is such a joy to see every morning when I come to work. She is getting married in June of this year and I absolutely can not wait to stand next to her when she marries Adam.

(yes, readers, this crazy woman was my first Hattiesburg friend. Lucky, I am.)

I love you, Amy! Hope you have the best one yet!!!