I'm Not Dead

I survived Phoenix. Barely mind you. A post about Phoenix is upcoming.

Just wanted to make sure to write. As I've been too exhausted the past 2 nights.

My birthday was lame. It rained so no botanical gardens. I just slept, worked out, went grocery shopping, got lunch, watched TV on my computer, updated my Grey's Anatomy playlists, watched TV, went to bed.

The past two days at work have been utter chaos. Today was especially bad. I don't know if it's the weather or the stress of Sales Conference being tomorrow, but holy hell, it needs to stop.

More tomorrow from my parents' house.

My Birthday

Tomorrow is my birthday. May 5, 1985 is the day I was born. I've always had mixed feelings about my birthday, like everything else I usually build it up to be something better than it is and then I'm left feeling disappointed. But I think I've gotten better about that as I've gotten older. And I'm certainly not expecting too much from my birthday this year. It's a Tuesday, I'm off from work, and everyone I know is working.

So let's remember some previous birthdays...

4th birthday: I had a cake with Barbie on it.

6th (I think) birthday: Held at a really delicious ice cream place.

7th birthday: Ceramics painting place

8th birthday: Chuck E. Cheese. They had a cake I hated and I cried. My mother bought me a stuffed elephant, this is after I watched a show on the Elephant Man a few months before and had terrible nightmares about the guy. I always found that odd.

10th or 11th birthday: Laser tag

16th birthday: My grandparents paid to rent out a room at a nice Italian Restaurant and I had about 15 friends. The food was good, we all sat around a huge table, and we just had a really nice time. I think it was one of my favorite birthdays.

17th birthday: Went to see Spiderman 1 and got ice cream with friends

18th birthday: Bad day. Took my AP English exam and then went home and was depressed. That was a bad time.

20th birthday: Got Dominos, grape soda, and watched the OC in my dorm room with friends. Dominos was so late that we got the food for free.

21st birthday: Went out to dinner with 5 friends and then got to the liquor store right when it was closing. I snuck in the "out" but they kicked me out.

23rd birthday: Spent the day at work collating stuff, the VP of sales suggested we get Mexican beer and tequila for Cinco De Mayo so we did shots at work. Then went out for drinks and dinner with a bunch of friends.

I think I've had some pretty great birthdays.

I Have Nothing to Say...

...and I'm saying it.

Unfortunately I feel like I have to come up with something to say before I leave for Phoenix. I'm actually a little excited to go to Phoenix. I did some research into restaurants, my boss has backed off somewhat, and I'm going to meet up with a friend from college for dinner on Saturday. It is this weird thing tonight where I'm excited to not have to go to work tomorrow and to be going away, but then it's not like vacation excitement since I'm going to be working.

Some other random thoughts...

- Work was insane today, I guess that's what happens when you're going to be away for 3 days
- I got my hair cut at Aveda today, the student I had was really nice and she did a great job, but she was so nervous. She was doing the nervous talker thing and she kept dropped the comb (and thoroughly cleaning it) and it was stressful. But in the end she did a good job so who cares?
- I need new plans for my birthday. Since I have the day off (since I'm landing at 5:12am on my birthday) and everyone else I know is working I was going to go to a lunch at this nice restaurant I've always wanted to try and then to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. I can still go to the garden, but the restaurant isn't open for lunch on Tuesdays. So I need to come up with something.

Ok, there will be some filler while I'm going.