Happy Birthday and Halloween

Well, I'm 23. I'm not sure how I feel about it, but it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be, haha. My birthday was great; my mom came to visit me, went shopping, ate a lot of good food, drank a lot (ok, a ton) of great wine and booze, and generally had a fantastic time with my friends and the boyfriend. I really couldn't have hoped for a better birthday seeing as how it fell right in the middle of the biggest project I've ever had.

Speaking of my project, I got it done early! I actually managed to not do work on my birthday, or at least nothing really depressing and draining. I actually got to relax. It was good times, or at least it didn't suck.

Saturday was Halloween (in-case you missed it) and I was so worn out by the time it got here that it turned into an early evening. My best friends got crazy with their costumes, one in Wonder Woman, the other in Poison Ivy, both of which were either entirely homemade or mostly homemade costumes. They turned out great and it was the source of great amounts of entertainment. All except their makeup, which was comprised of a substantial amount of glitter, and I HATE glitter, so the fact that the drunker they got, the more they wanted to hug me, was not going over well. I was not thrilled to be covered in green and gold glitter. Oh well, I guess that's what lint rollers are for.

We stopped off at a party being thrown by a couple of classmates and that was a lot of fun. Met some new people and got to see others I haven't seen since last year. It was a good time. Lots of crazy in one place, but I suppose that's to be expected when a bunch of law students get together.

I bailed shortly after that. My best friend fell down a flight of stairs, so I had to get her back to safety, and then she decided to rally and continue with the night and I decided I'd head home before I spent the night babysitting. Before I left I made sure to tell the owner of the bar to cut her off, so I felt like I'd done my job. I came home, watched TV, drank some apple cider, curled up and passed out. It was a very long week and it culminated on Halloween and daylight savings time change. I took advantage of the extra hour of sleep.

Today turned out to be an extension of my birthday, but it wasn't really planned that way. Some of my family members sent cash (they're smart people) as gifts, so this afternoon my friend and I decided to spend it. I went on a bit of a DVD/Music shopping spree (spree might be an exaggeration). When I got done with my shopping and walked up to the counter to pay, I realized that my selections would be at home in an eight year old's collection: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (the original, not the crap Jim Carey version), Mickey's Christmas Carol (a classic), Snow White Collector's Edition, and the GLEE soundtrack. Of course I had to get all the movies on Blu-Ray, so it ended up being a bit more expensive than I thought at first pass, but no big. Still not breaking the bank. More than I have in a long time, though. I just don't have any money to shop with anymore; I miss it!

When I got home I opened my GLEE soundtrack and immediately transferred the songs to my PC and iPod and found that there were several tracks available on iTunes that aren't on the CD, so I had to buy those too. Should have just bought the whole thing on iTunes, but there's still something about having the actual disc that is appealing. Now I'm sitting here listening to the cast of GLEE belt out some great songs (and some only-great-because-the-GLEE-cast-is-singing-it songs). It's a fun afternoon. Much better than being in class like usual. I'm so very glad my professors are all world-renowned experts in their fields this semester, so they're always traveling and giving conferences that cause classes to be moved. It keeps things interesting. I probably won't be quite as happy next Monday when I have a double class for the one we missed today.