My 27th Birthday 2006

Today Sarah introduced me to the "Birthday Fun Things Game." You attempt to do the number of fun things on your birthday as the number of years that you have lived. I've never played this bfore and I regret missing the easy years when I would only have had to come up with 5 or 8 fun things, but on the bright side, the older you get the more challenging but the more fun this game should get right? So here are my 27 fun things yesterday.

#1 Was being at Katy's beach house in South Carolina for my birthday with my two buddies Katy and Sarah. What a treat! Thank you Katy and family! #2 I slept late- a special treat after Law Review tryouts. #3 I had a bunch of birthday emails in my inbox when I woke up and pretty soon my family was calling to wish me a happy birthday.

Good morning beach! I'm 27 years old today!

#4 I had Peanut Butter Captain Crunch for breakfast, which is my favorite cereal since I was little.
#5 Playing with Wally
#6 Showered outside
#7 Relaxed in hammock
#8 Walk on beach!

Sarah walking on beach with me

#9 Taunting seagulls- Well, we didn't purposely taunt them. We had cheez-its, they understandably wanted cheez-its, and we wouldn't share (are those even safe for them?) so they swarmed us. This was terrifying but also kind of fun.

Seagulls' revenge

#10- We played the worlds' meanest and funniest game of Chinese Checkers while hanging out on the beach. We blocked every single triangle and no one could win. Never play this game with attorneys or law students. It's just not worth it.

Worlds' meanest and funniest Chinese Checkers game

We got ready to go out and took the first of many group pictures that evening. #11 I love group pictures!

Sarah, me, and Katy

#12- Dinner at  California Dream Restaurant in Charleston

#13- Being carded on my 27th birthday. Still look at least 7 years younger!

#14- This chocolaty peanut buttery drink

At this point, it started becoming a challenge to accumulate more fun things because it was getting late, so it was time to get creative. I've learned my lesson though, next time I play this game I'll have to pace myself morning, noon, and night.

#15- Pumped gas for the first time! I don't drive and I'm from New Jersey...

My kind friends obliged my quest for more fun items and we all arranged our hair into #16- side ponytails, like from the 80s. Since we were already there we took a #17- scenic drive through Charleston, and while heading back #18- I spotted five deer in the woods. That's always exciting for me.

When we returned to the beach house #19 we poured ourselves some wine and made all sorts of ridiculous toasts. #20- This inspired Sarah to coin the phrase, "that is the shit about which I am talking," to combine sass with good grammar.  We took more group pictures (see #11 above) but this time with side ponytails, Wally, and even our bottles of wine. [censored]

 

Wally is not amused by my shenanigans

#21- We ate many of Sarah's yummy homemade brownies. #22- We played "catch the M&Ms in your mouth." #23- We watched the Oscars (we taped it earlier in the week). #24- We played the card game Phase 10, which actually isn't bad.

At this point I was really digging deep, so I #25 did my famous but rarely seen booty dance. And yes, there is video. And yes, I am still wearing a side ponytail. And yes, it is censored. Now I've broken your heart, sorry. #26- I  then invented the booty-dance-moonwalk. The world will never be the same. Finally, to close out the night, #27, Sarah sang the "Golden Ticket in My Pants."

In conclusion, we had a lot of relaxing fun, we laughed a lot and hard, and the game really inspired us to sacrifice our dignity to entertain each other. Tomorrow we drive back to reality!