nineteen years and one day

despite the apathy i held towards my birthday all last week, yesterday turned out to be quite an enjoyable day...

jay brought me jamba juice in the morning while i watched a movie. then we went to the mall and out to lunch at tokyo joe's. we had fun and were able to not argue for pretty much the entire day (quite an accomplishment!). after lunch, i drove out to highlands ranch to meet katie, tarah, and one of the girls katie watches to see must love dogs. a decent movie. it was especially good because i thoroughly enjoy john cusack. after the movie, i came home to shower before dinner at macaroni grill with the family. dinner was pretty fun. i hadn't seen brian for quite a long time and i'm glad i got to see him before he left to take john out to pittsburgh. i am quite sad that i didn't get to see john before he left though. i fear that will end up being one of my biggest regrets this summer.

after dinner, cake, and presents, katie and i went back to my house because the guys were still out playing golf. i got ahold of paul and he told me to meet them at pinehurst. katie decided she was going to go enjoy sex and the city. despite my sadness at her leaving, it was probably a good idea for her sake considering the burst appendix and all. i grabbed my stuff and drove over to pinehurst. paul came and met me in the parking lot and for a few minutes i was convinced that it was going to be a horrible night because paul told me ben had to go pick up a friend downtown and jeff was going to hang out with lara. i called ben because he was inside drinking with paul rakowski and jeff. he came out and gave me a big hug and brought me inside to hang out with them. rak bought us all drinks during the four hours we were there. alyssa showed up around 11 and hung out with us. we had a really good time sitting around talking. sean kicked us out a bit before 1 am. paul left because he had to open in the morning and rak rode his bicycle home (one of the best moments of the night was seeing him ride off down the hill on his bike with the headlights). ben, jeff, alyssa, and i hung around in the parking lot trying to figure out where we could get hooked up. we decided to make a trip over to the hoffbrau (a close-by bar where lots of members hang out) to see if we knew anyone there who could help us out. there were only a few people there, including one member and sean and his girlfriend. we had a drink and then left because alyssa had to be home at 1:30 even though we didn't get her back to her car at pinehurst until at least a quarter til 2...oops. ben, jeff, and i called lara and then headed over to her place to meet her and her three friends, one of whom was also celebrating her birthday yesterday. lucky for us, lara's brother josh who is a waiter at pinehurst was able to help us out. we sat around talking, hanging out, and watching mtv until 3:30-4 am when lara, claire, and jeff all passed out in lara's bed. ben and i ended up sharing the couch downstairs, where we just layed around talking until sometime after 5. we finally fell asleep and despite the challenge of us both fitting on the couch, we figured it out with each of us on one end cuddling with the other's feet. it was an interesting night full of immense hot and cold spells, people walking around, drinking water out of a bowl, and trying not to knock the other person off the couch. we woke up around 9ish when the heat became too unbearable for me to deal with and ended up lying around waiting and hoping for jeff to wake up upstairs so we could leave. i finally had to go wake him up at 9:30, which was an adventure in and of itself. we drove josh to his car which was downtown and then we headed back to pinehurst so i could pick up my car. ben and jeff dropped me off and then left to take jeff to his house because both of them had to close tonight.

i drove home and fell asleep on the couch watching a movie. i woke up around noon, found some food, and then came down to my room to take a nap until 4ish. i went back upstairs, watched some tv, made my dinner, and relaxed. i read some out on the front porch for awhile and then called and talked to alyssa once she got off work to tell her all the happened after she left last night. i also had to tell her the good news that i switched shifts with bryan and am now closing with her tomorrow night...yay. and now i will go brush my teeth and do something to pass the time until i fall asleep yet again.