Yes, my birthday was twelve days ago, and I must say, it was quite the birthday week. My lovely, lovely roommate Ella told me she would drive me to the bars and back as part of my birthday present (God love her) so that worked out extremely well for me...not so much for her car interior (though it's back to being fresh as a daisy). My roommates and friends spoiled me and got me a poster of Biggie, a Beyonce world tour DVD, a scrapbook, a Waterford crystal wine glass, a mini-wine shot glass, a bottle of Tequila, a nip of Goldschlagger, a monogrammed flask AND shot glass, a bouquet of roses, a huge glass that can hold five beers, a picture frame, a margarita glass with roses, an adorable wine-bottle stopper, and, to top it all off, Ella made me the most delicious chocolate cake with raspberries that spelled out "21"...aptly named "Crack-co-cake"- it was unbelievable. Some of my close girl friend's were able to come to the bar with me that night and we had a hell of a time- birthday shots, dancing, and Dirty Shirley's...a solid Wednesday night. Thursday was my roommate Alyssa's birthday (ironic, I know) and we celebrated her definitive 21st at our favorite restaurant on campus- Mei Wei- and then got dollar drinks at the bar-again, very successful evening. Friday was our joint birthday extravaganza- completely with two of my best friends visiting from URI and Northeastern! I was finally able to wear my infamous birthday dress and we successfully filled our 6-person apartment with about 95 of our "closest" friends. There was dancing on couches, dancing on tables, posters falling down, music blaring, competitive bei-ruit, and a very sticky kitchen floor. Despite a few minor hiccups in the evenings events, we cleared everyone out before quiet hours at midnight (again, huge thank you to Ella...she's such a boss)- with a little help from our very loud friends Nate and Wil, who continued to shout, "Ya'll don't gotta go home but you gotta get the fuck outta here!" and "Yo! These girls like living here, so let them stay in their apartment in peace and get out!" Gotta love 'em :)
The following week was a blur of exams, preparations for mid-terms, and first trips to the liquor store (I never knew I could be so overwhelmed by flavors of Smirnoff...mango? Blueberry? Watermelon? Yum). Today I finally got my first Sunday off in about four weeks that I didn't have homework...a miracle among miracles considering Laura and I danced like crazy the night before. Last night, after I casually knocked a cup of Ciroc out of my friend TC's hand all over my friend Pat's shirt and then proceeded to spill ice on him, we decided it was time to make moves and head to the next party. TC, Kyle, Laura and I headed downtown with the hopes of hoping the fence that intersects two parking lots to give clearance to the train tracks. Now, hoping this fence shaves off a solid 3 minutes from the regular walk so we knew we just had to do it...in our skirts...and high heels. The wire fence didn't stand a chance against our high-heeled-motivation, when two cops popped out between parked cars, flashlights waving madly, shouting, "Hey! You four kids!" TC, swinging his bottle of Simply Limeade, told them they could go right ahead and taste it, nothing but juice, and they checked all our purses and ID's, but they ended up lecturing the boys on making Laura and I climb the fence...and then they told us to have a good night- whew, I guess some cops are actually logical and realize that four, legal college students hopping a fence is probably the least of their concerns for the night. An extra 3 minute walk later, we'd made it back to TC's apartment, met up with Wil, and began the next trek to a house party down the street. Upon walking in to a place where Laura and I knew absolutely no one who lived there, TC immediately grabbed the iPod and put on Nelly's "Ride Wit Me" while Laura and I spotted an empty table perfect for dancing on in front of the fireplace...needless to say we kept the party alive up there. We left just as TC had changed the song to an old Juelz Santana throwback...
Anyways, back to my free-Sunday; Laura, Devon, and I went to the Halloween outlet store and I spent a total of $12 on my Spider-woman costume (yes, Spiderman watch was totally necessary). We then went to this adorable farm stand where we met up with Jodi and then went on a hayride, made our way through a "difficult" corn maze, bought little pumpkins to carve, and fed grass to the donkey's there. It sounds cliche to say that it was perfect fall weather and that it was sickeningly sweet that we were able to spend the day doing something as simple as taking a hayride, but it really was a quintessential fall afternoon...sue me for being so cute okay?! And, like usual, Ella killed the Sunday dinner- Polish comfort food: rice with thick, lemony sauce with chopped chicken stirred in, and steamed broccoli on the side...perfection. Now it's time to end the evening with a scary, Halloween inspired movie.
oh and hey, chicks love pumpkin picking:
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