Happy, happy birthday...

It’s official – I’m 22 ½ now. I’d like thank those of you that have made it possible for me to come this far – mum, thanks for giving birth to me. You really got the ball rolling. Dad, thanks for that extra X chromosome; I do love being a girl. Michael and Kathie, thanks for torturing me through my childhood (Hey, let’s pin Elizabeth down and stuff dad’s sock in her mouth! That’ll be funny!) And all the rest of you, who are too numerous to name, you rock, too. After all, you’ve gotten me to this major step in my life – and we all know how important the 22 ½ birthday is in today’s culture. ;) /

So now that I’m done being a retard, I’ll tell you all about my “celebration” yesterday. A group of us met up for dinner at the “Dirty Café” (it’s got naughty cartoons painted on the walls – but the goulash is phenomenal, so we just try to keep our eyes on our plates!), where we met Rob’s friend Ron, who is living in Estonia. He’s a pretty cool guy, so the group of us had an enjoyable dinner. Note to future visitors: “pork leg” is someone’s idea of a joke. Courtney and I both ordered it, and it turned out to be sausage…. J After dinner, we headed over to the Konvikt, where the usual crowd was gathering for pub night. We hung out there for quite a bit, chatting and drinking beer. I met a few new people, which is always excellent, and succeeded in getting the incredibly surly bartender to smile at me. wOOt! ;)

We then proceeded to Nebe, an ex-pat dance club that’s in an underground cellar/tunnel/cave-thingy. They play a lot of indie music (read: I didn’t hear one song that I actually knew!), and it’s pretty danceable, so Tiffany, Lucy and I burned up the dance floor for a few hours. At about 1:45, I was wiped, so I headed for home, stopping for the ever-important gyros on my way. I got home shortly after 2, and crawled into bed. It was such a great night!

Reading back over this entry, it doesn’t really sound as though anything too exciting happened. And that’s right, nothing too exciting DID happen. But my friends here are so awesome that just hanging out for the evening was enough to make this my best birthday yet. It would only have been better if Hils and I had been able to go for some free birthday breakfasts at Denny’s (for those of you not in the know – Lar and I share a bday!).

Hope you all have a great weekend. I’m meeting Elly and Liana today at 3, and we’re going to spend the weekend together. Rock on!

Love,

Elizabeth