These are the words that have been ringing in my head for almost a week now! I LOVE being 22. Twenty two is gonna be a good year. Every two years I always have a GREAT year. I feel that my 22nd year will be my time to shine. When I was 20 I had a great year. Twenty one was okay. But 22 will be awesome!
My birthday is also doubly fun because it signifies the end of the semester! And after the semester I had, I am soooooo ready to for winter break! This semester wasn't particularly tough, it was just, well, tough at the end. I had 4 enormous projects due within 2 weeks. So, yes, by December 14th, I was ready to be done!
I decided to celebrate my birthday at Dave & Buster's in Philly on December 15th. I am not really a bar, club, or AC kinda girl. I prefer just being a six year old stuck inside a 22 year old's body. If a child would find the activity amusing, chances are, so would I! So I invited about 10 of my best friends to join me. I love love love my friends. I have always lucked out when it comes to friendships. For this I am truly grateful and know how rare it is. And I do cherish them! None of us are big drinkers but we are big on playing car racing games and eating junk food so Dave & Buster's seemed like the perfect fit!
But since we had such a big group going it was inevitable that not everyone could go. So we decided to celebrate a little on Thursday with half apps at Applebee's! Applebee's half apps literally sustains most of the TCNJ students. Half apps is a brilliant concept. At nine we all trekked over to Applebee's and had a variety of treats! We all got wings with various sauces, fried green beans, dessert shooters, and Red Apple Sangria. We cleared our plates...no need to worry about us. We're not those girls that only order "cute foods"...we eat wings, then order dessert, we're those kinda girls! I loved dinner with three of my friends because we just have so much FUN! Not bad girl fun, just good wholesome, silly, laugh til your sides hurt fun. The Best Kinda Fun!
Brunette side of the table
Blonde side of the table (we didn't plan this but it's still funny)
All our delicious food!
So I come home and my roommate and I wait til midnight and then....We sing happy birthday and play T-Swift's 22! Best song for the occasion. So I go to sleep and then get up and go to work. I love my job because my kids are awesome! I love love love all of my students. Then, I went to my second job, teaching ballet to 3-5 year olds. It was so sweet! I made them cookies and they sang to me. When they asked how old I was I told them and they were like, "Miss Erin, you are old!!" and "You're a grown up!" I love it, they're so cute! So from there I went home and just relaxed! For the first time since August I had NOTHING to do!! I loved every second of it! The first few days of break are always the weirdest. Not only can I read what I want, do what I want, but I do NOT have homework/projects/papers etc! Best Week Ever! Well, it is awesome until I start getting random mini panic attacks that I haven't turned something in, or that I should be doing homework, or my teacher voice starts saying, "Okay only five more minutes on Pinterest Erin then you have to do your work." But no! I can relax and have fun!
On my actual 22nd birthday my parents and I went shopping at the mall. I couldn't have been happier! I had a California Chicken Cheesesteak while shopping the Christmas sales...that's my kinda birthday! Anyway, when we got home we had cake, double chocolate cake from Wegman's! Seriously this is the best cake of all time! DAAAALISH! I got Tiffany blue ball earrings for my birthday. Every year since I was 13 I have gotten something from Tiffany's for my birthday. I love this tradition and plan to continue it with my future daughter(s). Some stand outs have been a Tiffany champagne flute for my 21st and a Tiffany key chain with my key to Madden for my 17th. For my 20th I got a beautiful cross. I love the simplicity of Tiffany's designs. Just beautiful!
So Saturday was finally here!! Because I have Murphy's Law when it comes to hair. I can straighten it or curl it but nothing in between. So I decided to have my hair blown out for my birthday. Best. Decision. Ever! It looked fabulous I was so happy! It only took her 35 minutes to wash, blow out, and curl...how? It takes me 30 minutes to just blow it out, let alone style it, perfect it. Hairdressers are miracle workers. It's the truth.
So I drove back up to my house and got dressed, did my makeup, and waited for my friends. Five of us rode together and met three of my other friends at the barcade. Everything was perfect! It was so much fun and we literally laughed the whole 4 hours! I love my friends because they know me so well. One of my friends got me a box of chocolates--perfect!! I have the world's biggest sweet tooth. My other friends got me books--all Kennedy/Princess Diana related books! I have some reading to do over break and luckily none of it is school related! My friend/co-teaching partner/ex-cake competitor gave me a framed picture (which she made herself and it looks fab) of our kindergarten class! They were so cute and the picture literally brought back so many memories. We were doing our observation in Trenton. Being from a small town you really are jaded to the world outside your little bubble.
The most beautiful bridge! I love this city!
Pretty girls racing cars
Me losing at racing cars...at least my car is PINK!
This was a great birthday! I couldn't/wouldn't change a thing! I was so grateful to be surrounded by such an amazing, inspiring, beautiful group of ladies that I'm fortunate enough to call my friends. I was also happy that I got to spend quality time with my family! Also, Dylan came home Sunday! I miss my little brother a lot when we're both away at school but I know that he's having as much fun as I am and that he'll love college as much as I do. We celebrated Dylan's birthday a week late but it was still great. Dylan gave me Boy Meets World on DVD and I gave Dylan a shirt from Gap.
All in all it was a great birthday. Very low-key, very fun, very me. I had a great time and am so happy that my friends were with me to celebrate! I love love love them and am going to miss seeing them when we're on break.
xoxo,
Er
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