Stories from an ordinary life

Happy Birthday to me!

I am officially 24 and then some. I'm not sure whether I'm happy about that or depressed. Sure I'm another year wiser, but I'm not where I thought I would be at this age. I feel like I wasted an entire year in Raleigh getting nowhere. Birthdays and New Years always leave me with this strange mixed feeling. At least I know it will pass in a few days.

Anyway, I had a blast going out Saturday night, although some of it is a blur. Tracey, Steph and I were all giggles at Bailey's for several hours. (You can check out Tracey's version of the events on her blog.) Tré came out for a little bit and so did one of Steph's men, Jeremy. But after the boys left we decided it was time for a change of scenery and headed uptown to the Holiday Inn. Classy, eh? I got to see Katie and Will for a little while, but after they left I looked around and all my friends were otherwise entertained. So I found myself talking to a 27-year-old named Chris who had just been best man in his friend's wedding. He was definitely dishing out the sweet talk, but I humored him. He wanted to know how a beautiful girl like me didn't have a boyfriend, and if I was always all-smiles. Whatever; I was entertained while I tried to sober up a bit. Finally the rent-a-cop kicked us out and Tracey took us to Tré's where Steph proceeding to wake him up at 3 a.m. so she could pee inside. That boy is a saint. I don't think any other guy I know would have been that nice to us after our drunk asses rudely awoke him at 3 a.m.

Anyhow, I made it back to north Charlotte and got a few hours sleep before dehydration woke me up at 8 a.m. I napped a little before the birthday phone calls started rolling in and my bestest bud Maribeth arrived from Charleston. She really wanted to go out and spend some time with the friends who have been so entertaining to me here, but I think everyone was partied out. Trace was busy with her mom's b-day and Tré needed a weekend without everyone haunting his apartment, so MB and I did our own thing. We went out to Japanese and then headed uptown and had a few drinks at Fox and Hound. After that we went to Harris Teeter for some more wine, since MB is quite the wine connoisseureir, and were more than entertained by the Halloween decorations on clearance. This weird black cat thing would make an evil "meow" and stick its butt in the air -- it was hilarious! Maybe you had to be there, but MB and I just crack each other up. So all in all, it was an uneventful but fun day. It still ranks as one of my better birthdays I think.

So -- now I still have 2 more days off and I don't know what I'll do with them. I'll definitely be doing some cleaning, but hopefully I'll be able to round up some friends to help me finish off birthday cake in the next few days. Any takers, let me know!

posted by This one time . . . @ 1:22 AM