Happy Birthday to Me!

Its been a good day so far. Lots of cards, lots of well wishing, lots of amusement. The only downside is that coffee wasn't ready for my 9 a.m. teleconference, making it seem to last longer than usual! Today I plan to work. Play volleyball. Then after volleyball, some of the team is going to go out to dinner and I've invited a couple of other friends along. Haven't decided where. I'm tempted to request sushi just for kicks :). But will probably do something else. Maybe fish. Or tex-mex (my new passion - scary!).

Of course, I have to relive other birthdays now:

18 (Senior Year of High School): Debate tournament, go figure

19 (Freshman Year): My mom tries to send a stripper to the dorm, much to the embarrassment of a few key people, turns out I didn't have enough girlfriends to make this worthwhile. Too bad for me. Will have to wait until another day

20 (Sophomore Year): Completely forget its my birthday while frantically studying all day for a structures mid-term. My friends turn up at 11 p.m. with a cake, which completely confuses me ("A cake? Who's that for?" was my reaction).

21 (Junior Year): Women's Leadership Conference Chaos. Need I say more?

22 (Senior Year): Technique Deadline. Actually, not a bad way to spend a night, if you ask me. I really miss deadline nights. Ah, the smell of the press and old Pappa John's pizza.

23 (Life begins): No one loves you when you're 23. It was a quiet birthday, I was still getting to know people here. But it was nice and lazy, which was good. I write in my journal: So far its been a great day and last weekend was a great weekend. I got a puppy the next weekend - Mom decided that I deserved one after asking for one for every birthday and Christmas since I was a toddler.