March 11, 2013

  • twenty-one.

    wow, what a weekend!

     

    so many great things happened, like:

    500+ happy birthday messages from facebook wallposts/messages, texts, calls.

    $20 gift card to panda express from my one and only sister.

    a surprise gift that has yet to be received by my one and only twinnie, jihye.

    the cutest, most adorable powerpoint slideshow made by my one and only love, tiedan.

    $25 gift card to CHIPOTLE from my boss, martha yelenosky and her family!

    chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies from my cute six-year-old student, william gatchell and his family.

    love from my lakeview brothers and sisters. <3

    acceptance into ASPEN with kaplinsky, and BANFF with julian martin.

     

    there were also not so awesome things, but hey, it's part of life:

    23 hours to my 21st bday. um, excuse daylight savings?!

    teaching for five hours.

    watching a mandatory NUSCC recital.

    studying for my intro to psych final, which was today. 

     

     

    and i can't forget the party that went down at my apartment the night before my birthday.

    my roommate, joanne, and i share the same birthdays. we also have a crazy amount of mutual friends because of aaiv. so we gathered a bunch of juniors and threw a party with lots of booze (mainly vodka, beer and smirnoff :P ). it was such an interesting situation because i have never drank with my friends from aaiv. furthermore, i haven't drank with anyone at northwestern since october of my freshman year. so it felt very weird... but we played such cute and kiddie games like charades and catchphrase, which was a lot of fun! our only big drinking game of the night was good ol' kings cup, but even that was so cute because more than half the people didn't even know the rules to the game. and some of them, like my other roommate, esther, who isn't 21 yet, drank soda instead of alcohol. so even though there was drinking involved, it was very, very mild, compared to any other parties i've ever been to. and i like it that way. :)

     

    however, we had a neighbor from the floor below come knock on our door to complain about the noise, and then a bit later, a cop dropped by to ask about the noise. he felt so bad knowing that it was a party with a bunch of asians. we weren't even blasting music at all and he found out that it was our birthdays haha. so instead of being a jerk, he let us off really nicely. but i bet it was that stupid neighbor that called the cops on us. -_-

     

    and right at midnight, everyone sang happy birthday to us. :)  

     

     

    'tis was a very sweet birthday, despite all the other complications going on in my life. the real relaxation will begin once i head home next sunday. but so far, it hasn't hit me yet that i'm legal. that i can do all kinds of things and actually be allowed to do it. i guess, maybe, perhaps, it'll all hit me once i see those slot machines the moment i arrive at the mccarran airport in vegas..... :)