It's been said that every birthday after your 21st is kind of a downer. And if you think about it, there is some truth in that statement. What do you really have to look forward to after your 21st?... your 25th so you can finally rent a car?! Well, in an effort to keep our birthdays exciting post-legal drinking age, my roommate and I vowed to make a huge deal out of our 22nd birthdays. Most of you will remember the full California adventure I took my roommate on, including a trip to Oceanside to see some family and 16 hours at Disneyland checking off "22 Cool Things to do on the 22nd of September for her 22nd Birthday". Well, roomie came back and made my 22nd birthday just as magical... and ridiculously relaxing...
I woke up on May 16th with my roommate sitting on the side of the bed and her bf crawled into bed with me. After a few "Good Mornings" and "Happy Birthdays", she informed me that when I decided to get out of bed I was to walk straight to her bedroom. Following directions, I got up, walked to her room, and she had her massage table all set up... I received a 50 minute full-body massage to the sounds of Pride and Prejudice (one of my favorite movies). After awaking from my post-fabulous-massage daze, I walked into the living room to find it completely decorated by roomie's bf with streamers, balloons, and my very own "Happy Birthday" sign. Feeling a little slimey from the massage lotion, I jumped in the shower and emerged to the smell of french toast and eggs being made in the kitchen. Roomie and R. bf had prepared me a Birthday Breakfast fit for a princess. The rest of the day was spent shopping and by the pool with our two friends from downstairs.
The big event for my birthday was attending the ASU vs. University of Washington baseball game. Roomie, R. bf and a friend from high school escorted me to this complete blow out - Devils laid the smack down. After the game, we returned home where I laid the smack down in Trivial Pursuit Pop Culture Edition.
Saturday, roomie, roomie bf, three friends and I went to one of my closest guy friends' house to do some swimming and relaxing. I used to live at this house and it was nice to go back and just hang out. Aside from one of my guy friends trying to abuse me in the pool (wink-wink), it was extremely relaxing. I'm so happy Arizona finally has weather that is pool friendly.
That night we cleaned ourselves up and went to a restaurant near the Chinese Cultural Center of Phoenix called The Golden Buddha. The company, myself included, were completely fascinated by the extraordinarily large glass Lazy-Susan that occupied about 75% of our table. Dinner conversation was lively and at times severely inappropriate by the standards of Ms. Manners... but it made me realize how much I'm going to miss the group of guys that I've spent much of my college career with.
The night was really icing on the cake. We decided wasting a few more hours of our time on Mill Ave. wouldn't hurt and shooting pool was really on my radar - to Cue Club. I couldn't believe how many of my friends decided to join me on my continued birthday celebration. Being able to see old friends and new friends - old fraternity brothers, high school friends, and new fraternity brothers all in one big mix. Completely unbelievable.
For Sunday, we went to one of my favorite places in the world - The Grand Canyon. Roomie, R. bf and a good friend of ours took a day trip leaving at 6:30am and arriving home about 7pm. We drove straight to the Canyon, spent hours walking along the rim (roomie and I being trailblazers and getting yelled at by the guys for getting too close to dangerous edges), drove back down into Flagstaff to eat at our favorite pizzeria Alpine Pizza, and made the trek home.
By the end of the weekend, I was exhausted, sunburned... and ridiculously happy. This was by far the best birthday I've ever had, being able to see most of my favorite people in the world and do the things I enjoy the most. Thank you to everyone for the good times. Until next time... :)
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