Last Friday was my birthday and it was a pleasant one, so I thought since I haven’t posted in a while, this was a good enough topic. (Plus, this is my blog and I can post about wtf I want.)

There was a bit of a fiasco in the days leading up to my birthday, but luckily everything turned out okay in the end. I couldn’t decide if I wanted a birthday dinner with my fellow grad students or where I wanted it, so I dilly-dallied around and still had not made any plans. But then, the weekend before my birthday, one of the grad students made plans to host a special event and invited a bunch of people to it. And of course, the day he was hosting this event was none other than my own birthday. Not feeling it would be right to invite those same guests to celebrate my birthday on the same night, I felt as though the decision of whether or not to have a dinner or celebration was taken out of my hands — and naturally, as soon as I felt I no longer had that option, I wanted it. Of course, there were several people who had planned on celebrating my birthday with me that night even before the other grad student made plans, as well as people who the other grad student didn’t know (so obviously didn’t invite), and these people were able to make it to my birthday dinner.

I stayed up until midnight the night before my birthday, as usual, because I like to be awake to enjoy the first few minutes of my birthday. Plus I very much enjoy the competition between friends, cousins, and siblings to see who can say happy birthday to me first. Eventually I went to bed and got a few hours of sleep before heading to brown bag. It was a good talk. Laura made cupcakes for everyone and put sprinkles on mine, and it was very tasty. I also devoted several hours to my favorite game, Kingdom Hearts II. I was in the middle of a battle and couldn’t get to a save point when it was almost time for us to leave for dinner, so I almost declared that dinner would just have to wait. Fortunately, I kicked those Nobodies’ and Heartless’s little butts and made it to a save point so I could safely put away my game.

John and I met up with everyone at Momoyaki for dinner at 7:00. Delicious Japanese-Korean fusion and entertaining conversation ensued. This was followed by Cold Stone, where a single bite of my friend’s ice cream was rich enough to give me a tummy ache. Yet despite the tummy ache, I took a second bite. But it was worth it; it was really good coffee ice cream…

After arriving home I got to open my presents, which were awesome. I had asked John for The Nightmare Before Christmas DVD, but in addition to that, he also got me The Corpse Bride, Coraline, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. John’s mom also took me shopping for a birthday gift on Sunday. I must admit, the shopping itself kinda drained the life out of me, but I ended up getting a nice corduroy jacket and a really awesome pleather jacket which makes me look like a bamf (bad-ass mother… well, you can figure out the rest). I also got a nice corduroy jacket.

So, all in all it was a pleasant weekend. I played some much needed KHII, got to have dinner with my friends, spent a little time with the in-laws, got some really cool gifts, and just had a good time. Oh, and did I mention how cool the jacket was?

Happy Birthday to me!

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