I heart that Train song so much right now. They're new album (I use the term new loosely since it's not that new) is pretty uplifting. I seriously played "Hey, Soul Sister" like a bazillion (yes, that's a technical term) times.
I was thinking last night - 'what have I done in the past for my birthday?' Yup. It's tomorrow. Just kind of feels like another day to me this year. Not sure why. 29 is pretty anti-climactic. Next year - well - we'll talk about next year, next year. But for fun, I though I'd look back on what I've done in the past for my birthday(s).
28: My friend Josh (who also shares the same birthday as me) had a party at his house. I went there with some of my friends and then they came out with me for my birthday. The pictures are on FB. I lost the hard copies when I lost my HD in the crash. This was our group that night (post josh's party).
27: I was on the BBX shoot in Michigan! Wow! It feels like so much longer ago. That was an awesome Birthday. The whole crew went bowling that night :-) All for me. They all sang happy birthday in the bowling alley (listen, we were in the middle of nowhere - it's all there was to do! ha). It was a pretty fun night. I had a bit of a hangover during our shoot the next day. But totally worth it.
26: Celebrated with my friends at
Pat O'Briens at Universal City Walk. It was an awesome time! Let's just say - I found out they had an elevator that night ;-) - greg did too! hehe. This pic is my friend Chris and I when he got there (late).
25: I think I came home for this? I'm not entirely sure what I did for my 25th birthday. I feel like I came home for it. It was at this point in my life I hadn't made that many friends in Orlando and I feel like I might have planned to come home that weekend and celebrated with my friends? Not sure (is that bad that I can't remember that? haha)
24: I was in Michigan. My mom came to visit me and helped me buy some new furniture for my new apartment. She took me out for dinner and I am pretty sure I went out with my friends for the night.
23: I was in Michigan still. My mom and cousin Allison came to visit me. I was still living in Deerfield Village. I stayed at CMU for the summer because I was taking a Summer class. I was also working at Roth Electric. I remember they made me a cake. I miss them. They were the nicest people.
22: I was in PA. It was a pretty sad birthday for me. I am pretty sure I didn't do anything extravagant. That summer was pretty sucky for me. I stayed at my Aunt and Uncle's. I think we might have had a BBQ at the circle since I didn't want to do anything.
21: This one - oh boy. This one was pretty insane. If I could upload pics from this night, you wouldn't believe me. I went with my mom, sister and Derek to the
Manayunk Brew Pub. Definitely a good time. Drank WAY too much - but my mom picked up the tab so that was all sorts of awesome. The next night I had my friends over to drink and celebrate. I drank so much from the night before that I didn't drink anything that night. Oops!
20: I celebrated this birthday in the Inner Harbor with Derek. He was on an internship with the
NIH (National Institutes of Health) and he was in Maryland for the summer. I remember us getting into a fight that night for a few stupid reasons....but the evening ended splendidly ;-) I think we also went to an Orioles/Yankees game that weekend.
19: I think I just celebrated here at home. I remember Derek coming home from college (he was taking summer classes at PSU). I think we just went out to dinner. Again - not a very spectacular bday - I mean - 19 - c'mon.
18: This birthday was rockin'. I had people over to my grandmom's pool in Narberth. Tons of fun - lots of food. Good times.
17: Went to the
Hard Rock Cafe Philly with a big group of people.
[[Sidenote: I plan on doing this again this year with Josh (per his suggestion) since we can't celebrate our Bday's together this year]]. I was dating Joe at the time so I know he was there. I can't remember who else was there - but it was a fun night.
16: Amazing day - I got my permit that morning (first test of the day! and oh yeah, JUST passed - I got the most you could get wrong and still pass, three). After I got home, my dad stopped by with a new car! Totally unexpected and unwarranted. I never expected to be one of those kids that got a car on their 16th birthday! I immediately took it out for a drive. My sister was working that day. I remember driving up to see her with my dad.
I can't really remember a whole lot of other birthdays - with the exception of the last one I had when I was little - my 10th Birthday.
Since my birthday is in the Summer, I used to have my party (for my school friends - because most of them went to sleepaway camp - yes, most of them were jewish) in June, just a week or two after school was out. This birthday party was epic. It lasted more than a day. Chain of events: 11am - everyone meets at my house, we drive over to my grandmom's house to swim. 5pm - we head back to my house, have dinner and cake and then my friends sleep over. Friends don't leave until noon the next day. It was an awesome birthday.
[[Sidenote: While this birthday was all sorts of awesome, I failed to mention the part where all my friends and I were downstairs in our sleeping bags and could actually hear my parents fighting upstairs. Yeah. That was awesome. Also. After my friends left the next day. My dad left shortly thereafter. Yup]]All that being said - maybe that's why I can't remember the birthdays between 10 and 16.
This year - well - this year I didn't really plan anything. I'm going to the Phillies Game tonight. I'm having a BBQ at my house (per my guards' request) tomorrow. It was more a compromise since they basically said they were going to come over anyway - so I just told them I'd have a BBQ then. We'll see how many of them actually show up.
