Yep! It’s true! It’s my mom’s birthday!! I’m a little sad that I can’t be home with my family to celebrate– I’m pretty sure that in my 21 (almost 22) years this is the first of her birthdays that I’ve missed. But I just called her and she sounded like she had a glorious day so I’m content with that. And I also bought her a John Wayne DVD set with like a millllllion movies on it which pretty much makes me the best kid EVER. [*note: Mom and Dad used to spend every New Years Eve watching a John Wayne film drinking sparkling cider. It was kind of a…