Happy Birthday!! Although it is turning out not to be that great, don’t lose hope! Things really do get better as you get older. I’m 30 now and finally getting my life in order. I have one more year of school, my boyfriend is awesome, and I have a car that has a radio and AC (my car that died didn’t). This illness still gets me, I got out of the hospital last week, but it’s better then it was four years ago or 17 years ago. Hang in there! 