The best weekend ever!!

This was definitely one of the best birthday weekends I have ever had. It all started on Thursday night with a trip to the Velvet Hookah with my soon to be roommate, Leslie. Leslie and I had some pre-party fun before we headed down there, good times. We met Scott and Denise and they treated me like a queen all night long. Good friends. I even had a drink (I don't remember the name, I was a bit intoxicated) in the pretty new martini glasses they gave me for my birthday. Thanks, you two. Since Les and I got there so early, we got to sit in the little malaria free (that is for you, Scott) nook in the corner, it was perfect. Later on, Will met us and then when Jay arrived in town from Florida, he came to celebrate also. It was great to see him. It has been so long (since January). Well, the night was amazing. It was so much fun, great friends, good drinks, good music, great conversation, an excellent atmosphere. It was the perfect way to kick off my birthday weekend. Way later that evening, Jay, Will, and I headed over to Pete's Dueling Piano Bar in Addison to celebrate one of my other friend's birthdays. We didn't stay very long, but it was a good time. It was very crude, but still fun. Overall, a spectacular day!!

Friday (my birthday) started off with me sleeping in. :) My cell phone rang nonstop all day with all my good buds calling to wish me a great birthday. I have such wonderful friends!! I love you all. I hung out with my family for a while and then I headed over to Chris's place and hung out with his family for a while. It was a good time, I miss spending time with the Bilich clan. Then, Chris and I headed to my place so Chris could use his expert engineering skills to help me make some jello shots for the party. Chris and I were also able to catch up and talk about our future lives, which are both very uncertain right now, but I am sure it will all work out for the both of us. In the evening, a lot of my buds and I went to catch the fireworks. They were beautiful. It is like nothing I can explain to watch fireworks in the sky. It was so wonderful.

Onto Saturday (the day of the party :). I went to Costco with my parents to buy some party supplies and then I headed out to The Colony to buy some liquor for the party. It sucks living in a dry county. I had to drive 20 minutes just to buy liquor. Oh well, it was totally worth it. I spent some time with Jay in the afternoon, just catching up on life. It was nice. Also, mid afternoon, there was a knock on my door and to my surprise, it was a fed ex man delivering 12 beautiful red roses from my amazing roomie, May-Ling. Thanks!! Then, I prettied myself up and got my place ready for the big shindig. The party was awesome. I had such a great time. Since I am such an emotional person :), there were some ups and downs, but overall the party was a blast. It was so nice to have all my good buds hanging out, meeting each other, and having good conversation. The jello shots were a hit and my new smoothie maker was all hooked up at the party. The Narghile (hookah) was going all night long, much fun. The party finally wound down about 1:30 or so, but the real partiers stayed till about 4:30. You guys know who you are. :)

Sunday started off great. Kim and I woke up and cooked some eggs. Mmmm!! Then, Kim worked really hard to motivate me to get ready so we could head over to a coffee shop so I could study for my midterm on Monday. I finally got ready and we headed over to Borders. We studied for about an hour or so, then we made a list of all our options for fun for the day. Just to let you all know, the list was Kim's idea. I know you were all thinking it was mine, but you are so wrong. Now, don't get me wrong, me and my anal self jumped all over the idea of making a list, but it was Kim's idea to begin with. We slowly crossed things off our list till we finally decided what to do. We headed over to Sal's pizza to meet some buds that were on their way to the Dixie Chicks concert. By the way, Sal has some damn good pizza! Then, off to the Velvet Hookah again. I had to show Kim. She loved it. We tried strawberry, it was great. It kind of tickled my taste buds. Mmmm. This trip to the Velvet Hookah was actually not all pleasure, it was partly business related. I heard that they were hiring waitresses and since I seem to spend so much time there anyway, I might as well make some money instead of always spending my money. So, I dropped off my application on Sunday. I hope it works out. I think it would be a great place to work. Kim and I had a really heartfelt talk at the Velvet Hookah. It was really nice to be so honest and open with someone I have been through a lot with. It is so nice when your friends have the courage to let you know how much they appreciate you in their life. Thanks, Kim. Well, Kim headed back to Austin and I drove back up to Plano to hang with Jay and some old buds. We played some cards and just caught up and reminisced about old times. Then, jay and I hung out for quite a while. It was a nice way to end the weekend.

Overall, it was a super, fantastic, wonderful weekend and it couldn't have been so great without all the amazing friends I have in my life. I love you all. :)