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my birthday recap... it was totally cool

October 17, 2001 at 2:00 a.m.

so I woke up and I didn't feel old. Not even sad. Not spastic excited like I get sometimes (90% of the time, I know). Just happy. I had a big day ahead of me - a birthday. A REVA birthday.

I put on my red vinyl pants, first off. To create a mood. It's my friggin' birthday sort of mood.

And then I skipped - literally skipped to my post office box where I found a letter from Dallin and a box from Annie.

She had sent me such a thoughful gift... you know my love of breakfast consisting of mandarin oranges out of the can with chopsticks? I just adore how exotic it makes me feel. Well, she gave me 2 deep red goblets, 2 sets of black chopsticks and 2 cans of mandarin oranges. SO I don't have to eat them out of the can:) Isn't that unbelieveably sweet? I am too blessed.

and then I lost a contact, but I refused to make it ruin my birthday.... ( found it later, too:)

I looked friggin hot at school today, too. Maybe too hot, but it was worth it. Red vinyl pants... It really was dangerous... like today at lunch with Danielle.

I love hanging out with her by-the-by... she's so cute, we make such an adorable couple:) After getting the funniest serenade by uncomfortable Italians, we stopped in at the grocery store so I could get a camera. As we were leaving and walking through the parking lot, a car full of boys stopped and yelled out:

"have you had lunch??"

us: "Yes!"

them: "Want to have it again????"

I was late for a piano test and we're not dumb, so we said no, but we got into the car and felt so happy we had been hit on in a parking lot. We couldn't help but feel oh-so-hottttcha.

Fast forward some hours... I was dressed and ready for my concert tonight. Standing on the sidewalk outside of the music buliding in a completely different outfit, practicing my violin. A car pulls up and a cute boy pops his head out of the window:

"I just wanted to congratulate you on your red leather pants today!"

I don't know how he recognized me in the dark, but I stood there on the street and laughed all by myself as he drove away. I felt so good, standing there enjoying a moment by myself.

Buffi came by before I played and told me Michelle would be late to dinner, but after I played I should stop by Applebees for dinner. It was so good to see her. I'm so glad she's not at UNT with all the crap that school thew at her, but seeing her there in the hall.. I got so - homesick. Los Angeles is too lucky.

After a nice concert, I ran home to change and grab my lucky fireman hat, and headed to Applebees. Do you know know what was there???????

A SURPISE BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!

Almost the whole jazz strings were there and some other assorted budies - aparently Michelle and Natalie had planned this for weeks - there were invitations - red ballons everywhere and some awesome gifts. And they totally sideswiped me - I had NO IDEA. I had no clue they could keep a secret this big from me... that should be alarming:)

Isn't that the best?? Surprises when you don't have any clue?? I had people throw me a surprise party!!! I am so blown away - I didn't know I was this lucky and blessed. I'm just flabbergasted.

You know what Natalie found me?? This gift was just about the best - she got me a mini-fondue set. This thing is TINY but it has recipies and actually works - and it's supposed to tide me over until I get mine back for the latest ex:) And speaking of what he still has - Michelle got me red Christmas lights to replace the ones that were somehow swallowed up by the ex. And these amazing red goblets... the funniest thing was the picture on the card she found me - a silly girl weaing flight goggle and a strainer on her head. The freaky thing is - I have a picture of me taken last year weaing goggles for no reason. No, I'm not strange...

It's not that I'm 22, I think. That's what old birthdays were for - celebrating a number - now it feels like celebrating a year and the fact that I got born once. Wow.

After dinner with a funny chocolate cake, the KAraoking began. We didn't get to do all our numbers, but it was still fun. Urmi came too - and gave me a new journal because my old one ran out - WITH NO LINES!! That's very important for my abstract random personality - lines in a journal are sooo taboo.

and now I'm sitting at home amidst the rubble of wrapping paper and my horribly messy room. I have to be up in 5 hours. But it doesn't matter. I'm too happy to sleep. I'm starting to calm down in my old age and enjoy things.

I love what Michelle put in my birthday card -

"You are going to look back at all your worrying and wish you could have smiled more; perhaps stept nore; and maybe even eated that extra Milano or twenty.:)"

I'm going to have a good year I think. It couldn't have started better.

(in an unrelated topic - the cat left today....:)

Thank you to all the beautiful people who sent me happy notes and thoughts and cheers. I'm so thankful that I'm not alone.

SUPERCRACK is 22 and that's just okay...

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