Birthday/Xmas wrap-up/Thank you!

So, as some of you may know, I turned 25 last week. I'm a quarter-century old! Luckily, I had my trendy "quarter life crisis" at 24, so I'm all set up for an awesome year :P :P :P It was a great day, and actually the first I've been able to spend proper time with my mom since I was... 15? Every other birthday since then involved either a) being in a foreign country b) sharing it with a douchey...