A very HAPPY birthday indeed

I feel like its fairly well-acknowledged how much I love my birthday/the holidays/December (but honestly, who doesn't?!) but I have to admit that I was slightly ambivalent about how this birthday was going to go. Is it still a proper birthday without dinner at Carrabbas followed by checkerboard cake? Apparently, yes.

I just love my first-year cohort. We had the last class of the semester today of the class we all have together so it was pretty celebratory. Big breakfast-y feast and the professor starts with "I have a surprise, but we have to get through most of the proposals before we have it. I forgot the orange juice to make mimosas, but there is champagne." YES. in class. at noon-ish. All I could think was "I love grad school." And one of the girls brought in muffins and a candle and everyone sang Happy Birthday to me. It was great, frankly all classes would be much improved with alcohol.

Then, I enjoyed a way too sugary "lunch" of the new Starbucks Caramel Brulee latte and a chocolate croissant from Au Bon Pain. Delicious, if not a bit much. If birthdays aren't a day for indulgence, well... Spent the afternoon watching disc 2 of My So-Called Life. My latest obsession. Must have been weird to come of age in the 90s. All that plaid and grunge-y boys. ehck. I also enjoyed all the birthday texts and calls today, just makes me feel good. Finally, out for dinner with the girls. Lots of fun, and I found a pretty decent sushi place thats only 4 blocks away. score. I really don't know what this semester would have been like without them. So glad that I've made friends here, makes all the difference.

Wonderful birthday. I feel like a million bucks.