There was a star danced, and under that was I born.

So yesterday was my 21st birthday.

Yeah, it's weird.

To be honest though, turning 21 in a country where I've been able to drink legally for the past three years made it a little bit more low-key than if I had been in the States, where I'm sure all of my friends would have abducted me and made certain that I made very poor life decisions for the rest of the night. :-) However, this does not mean that my birthday was dull, not by any means! I had a really lovely day, and I had a lot of fun and spent the day with some really wonderful people, so I think that this birthday could be classified as a success!

Also, I'd say that my birthday haul was pretty respectable: I got a lovely card from Poppa and Joyce, and a really cute one from Lydia; I had a fantastic long Skype call with Mom, and a great email from Uncle Alan (both of whom have the same birthday - twins!) and so many of my friends and family wished me a happy birthday via Facebook - it's always wonderful to go through all of the wishes, especially when people write/record really hilarious things (*cough*TreEaston*cough*). A bunch of the girls in the residence hall and I also got together and had a nice little party that consisted of junk food (including about 8 or so Mars Bars that they got me instead of a cake, which was fantastic), alcoholic beverages, and a very amusing viewing of the Disney version of "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" (SO GREAT.) Couldn't have asked for a better way to spend my birthday.

However, the best thing I got for my birthday this year.....were these:

Flowers from Quill.

Totally made my day. My room smells wonderful now. :-)


UPDATE:   AND, to make my birthday/day-after-birthday even BETTER, The Decemberists' newest album has a name, a track list, and a release date. I AM SO EXCITED YOU HAVE NO IDEA. http://www.zmemusic.com/feature/news/new-decemberists-album-announced-the-king-is-dead-512536/