No one cares but I just want to remember this day, so...
The day's not over yet but I'm about to go under to study chemistry for my finals tomorrow (true story), so I thought I'd post this today:
This day's been absolutely magical!
In the morning we overslept so I basically had no breakfast and rushed to the car for my mom to drive me to school (got there with fifteen seconds to spare). In the car she pulls out this small package and says, "Open it!"
Mind you, I went to NYC for BEA two weeks ago and it was understood that aside from paying half of the trip, my parents' half was my birthday gift. So far all the birthday money I've gotten from relatives has gone straight to my dad's wallet. I'm happy this way because what parents allow their kids to miss a week of school, three exams, and get on international flights to the most expensive cities in the world?
I thought so.
But anyway, I opened it up and a crystal frog was inside. Crystal! Frog! (I'm a frog maniac, by the way. Stuffed/figurine ones in any case. It's gotten better as I've grown older, but it's still there.)
I squealed.
Got to school and walked in my maths class and one friend handed me a hilarious note saying happy birthday and no one said anything else. But they weren't conspicuous about it: they seemed a bit ticked off with me, and even though my bullshit detector's fine tuned 99% of the time, they had me believing they'd forgotten.
I was heartbroken because, well. I don't need gifts or any show-offy displays of birthday remembrance, but a HUG from my FRIENDS?
And then in the second class with this brilliant yet utterly unfit to teach physics teacher, they began singing happy birthday until the dude begged them to stop. I was so surprised by that I thought it was someone else's birthday. -.-
THEN. Over the second break, a bunch of people came up to me and hugged me and said, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" and it was great.
THEN. On the third break, which is the 20-minute one we get, they handed me two bouquets of origami flowers. (Lots of Japanese people 'round these parts. 80% of my friends are Japanese descendants, I'd wager.) It was so beautiful. I was just there admiring them and hugging my friends when they said, "There are messages inside the flowers."
I lost it. We sat around in a huge circle and I read them all and they were all so wonderful. You have no idea. Inside jokes galore, lots of laugh, lots of, "Never stop being strange or crazy!" sentiments (ha! I am quite strange in real life. More so than on the blog).
They helped me fold them all back up and we went to class.
My mom picked me up from school and took me to Subway (I LOVE SUBWAY). Some recent family stuff has made it so that I almost never have alone time with my mom anymore so it was this huge deal. She bought us these great juices and took me to two cappuccinno places (one of them so overpriced they'd put Starbucks to shame, but damn, good coffee).
And she got me a chocolate rose.
Here I am, about to do chemistry. PARTY TOMORROW, woo!
My weekend's all hectic so you may not see a lot of me. But thanks for all the birthday wishes from everyone who's sent them. And even though my friends and family don't know about this blog, and even though I've all but cried on them that's how excited I am, a huge shout out to them.
I AM SO HAPPY!
Steph
P.S. My grandmother just shoved some money to me. I can't get into this a lot, but right before the NYC trip there was an emergency and my mom was almost calling it off when my grandmother told her to JUST GO ALREADY. So not only has she given me the best gift ever with that, she's now insisting I take her money. Naturally, I refused.
She just stuck it in my underwear drawer instead.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
BEST Birthday Ever
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Happy Birthday Steph! I'm glad it was memorable for you.
Happy birthday, Steph! Enjoy your day!!! :)
Yay! Happy birthday!
Origami flowers = awesome. I imagine you'll keep those forever, and open them whenever you feel sad or lonely, and they'll bloom all over again.
Oh my gosh, what a fabulous birthday story, Steph!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HONEY!!!!!!!!!!!
It sounds wonderful! I'm so glad you are having such a great birthday!
glad you had an awesome birthday!
I'm so glad you had a magical birthday!! Birthdays are meant to be special and I'm glad that's what yours is turning out to be. :) Happy Birthday!
Haha it sounds crazy! I'm glad it went so well for you!!!
Happy Birthday, Steph!!!! I'm glad you had a great day.
Happy birthday! I'm glad you had such an awesome day. :)
Happy Birthday! I'm one of those people that think everyone's birthday should be celebrated like a national holiday. Glad you had a great one!
Amber
Happy birthday! Hope you continue to have a lovely day!
Sounds like you had a pretty fabulous b-day!
Happy Birthday! My daughter loves frogs (she's still little, so she calls them "toadies"), too, so I was especially touched by your mother giving you the crystal frog.
Happy birthday Steph! Congrats on your awesome day!
Happy Birthday Steph! Sounds like you're having an awesome day so far, hope it continues :)
& Best of luck with your exam!
Awwwww HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday! Glad to hear you had a great day.
Happy Birthday! Never stop being strange! I agree!
Oh HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! xD
Oh poodle, no one tells better stories than you. Once again, happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! If you were online, I'd even defy Daniel to stay up and chat with you. And that's a BIG gift ;)
Today's your birthday? It's my birthday, too! Glad you got to spend time with your mom :)
Happy birthday to you! Hopefully the day gets better and better for you!
What a wonderful day! Happy happy birthday!
Oh my gosh it sounds like you had a wonderful birthday. Kinda magical huh? That's awesome. :) Your friends seem pretty cool. Happy Birthday, and good luck on the exam. ;)
:) When you're online again, you must DISH about the party.
ANYWAYS, HAVE A SUPER AWESOME BIRTHDAY!!!
http://readerrabbit.blogspot.com/2009/06/happy-birthday-reviewer-x.html
Happy birthday!
Oh. And on the frog front..
I love frogs too (figurine type.)
I have a really cute froggie piggybank.
I'll show it to you later :p
Happy Birthday! Glad to hear you had a great day!
:) Good look on your final by the way
Happy Birthday! Hope you have many more great ones to come.
Happy b-day! Glad you had a fun one.
happy birthday!
oh, and steph, i just tagged you in my WOYDD post.
http://www.simplynerdy.com/2009/06/whats-on-your-desk-wednesday-i-know-its.html
Feliz aniversario! Maio todos seus anos sejam enchidos com a alegria e as muitas râs.
Happy birthday, Steph! I hope you have an even awesomer day!
http://thedreamereader.blogspot.com/2009/06/today-is.html
Happy birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEPH!!!!!!!!
xoxo
RagDollVampGirl
Happy Birthday. Being surprised by the people that you care about makes you feel super special.
Happy Birthday!
Sounds like an awesome birthday, Steph! Happy, happy birthday!
Happy birthday Steph! I hope you've had a wonderful day. (:
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPY BIRTHDAY! *sings*
Hope the rest of your day (Well, the day might be over for you now but not for me. xD) is fabulous and wonderful. WHEEEEE.
I hope you eat cake to celebrate. Or already did. No birthday is complete without cake.
I'm sorry my birthday wishes are so late! I'm glad you had a wonderful, magical day! We love you!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Happy, happy happy birthday, happy happy happy birthday, Happy happy happy birthday to you to you to you ole' (o-lay)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Happy, happy happy birthday, happy happy happy birthday, Happy happy happy birthday to you to you to you ole' (o-lay)
That was from both of us.
Happy birthday, sweet 16! Would you believe I had it in my calendar? True 'nuff. XO
Doh! That one from "Joel" was from my husband's account. Must remember to change login IDs when I'm out of town/on strange men's computers. :) Seriously...happy bday. xo
Happy birthday :) So glad it went well.
And one of those nominate the best blog ever chains is going around and I awarded you :)
Aww everyone loves you don't they? Happy Birthday to Stephhhhh!
Happy Birthday! So glad that you had an amazing day -- hope the positive vibes last throughout the weekend. :)
Sorry I'm a day late, buy Happy Belated birthday =D
It sounds like you has fun and I hope you enjoyed it.
Th frog sounds really good!
Happy Birthday!!!!! I've been so busy, this is the first chance I've had for blog reading.
I could have said it about a thousand times over, but, I think I only hit about ten, which is way below the mark. But, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, my dear Steph! HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :D Wishing you plenty of amazing days ahead! Much, much, much love from this side of the world!
Woot! Happy birthday! Love ya!
Happy (Belated) Birthday.
Hope the chemistry studying went as well as the rest of the day.
Happy bday! The crystal frog sounds super cute. I'm in Florida on vacation right now, which you should be totally jealous of I think because there are frogs EVERYWHERE! Real ones, I mean. :)
Glad to hear you had such a great day!
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