the sign said, "Lordy, Lordy Kadi's 40"

For todays post I am going to post only about my actual 40th birthday. The day in it's self was great. I got an unbelievable amount of birthday emails and facebooks messages and phone calls (with really bad singing). I stopped at the mall and bought a new pair of pants to wear to lunch. And had a fantastic lunch with the girls (everyone made it)-Adisa, Ana Lia, Atsuko, Christine, and Dola. We ate at an Istanbul restaurant, buffet-yum. And I can't believe we did not get a picture of all of us.

Anyway as I was pulling into the driveway after picking the kids up-John texted me that he had just met with his boss and had been laid off. I guess that turning 40 is a turning point in a person's life. We will have to decide were we are going to live and work from here. As it was 10 years ago, we will start a new decade of our lives either here in Jacksonville or somewhere new.

Here are pictures of me over the last 40 years-more on the surprise party later: