Saturday night, my family gathered in the bar area of the hotel. I arrived with my cousin, BL and she asked what BL wanted to drink and if I was 21. I told the truth, and asked if they had any lemonade or something like that because I was getting tired of water. She said she could make a virgin strawberry daquri, so I decided to have that. A little bit later she brought our drinks to us. At the time I had my cousin SV's daughter, LSV, sitting on my lap. I took my drink and had a sip. Then I contemplated letting LSV have a sip because I thought she might like it. I decided against that though because she had been sick in the last few days. At the time I took the sip I noticed that it made my throat feel warm and that the drink had a bite to it, but I didn't think too much of it. Not too much later, the waitress came running up to me and said that there was a mix up and my drink was not virgin. She took the drink away promptly and promised to bring another. I was a little disappointed that I had only taken one sip, but glad that I had not given any to LSV! My family thought this was hilarious! Even my parents laughed. Everyone teased me a bout being drunk all night. Later, my mom let me have two drinks of my cousin's beer. I had just been teasing him by threatening to drink his beer while he guzzled down BL's beer while she wasn't looking and my mom said, "You can try it." It was surprising. My dad wasn't around at the time, but I bet he would have been against my trying it. Who knows, because I'm close to 21. He can be really strict about laws though. He wouldn't rent rated R movies for me before I was 17, and he kept track of the hours I drove while I had my permit to make sure that I drove the specified 100 hours to get my license. I guess that's where I get my compulsion to follow the rules. Anyway that was another funny instance of the weekend...I'm sure more will surface this week.
Today is my roommate's birthday. I got her an amazing shirt. I saw it as I was leaving the mall and I knew she would love it. It is a perfect color for her and the design is great. Last night her parents took her out to Bucci's for dinner and she invited me to come along. I was very honored that she thought of me, but unfortunately I had night class. We agreed to have our own birthday dinner later this week. I hope she has a great day today. If I remember right, she loves snow (except when driving) so she is probably excited about the weather.
After today, my week nights are finally going to calm down. I have been incredibly busy with meetings every night for the past two weeks. Tonight I am going to the a Buddhist Temple for my religion class. We will be gone for quite a while because of the drive. Since it's snowing it will probably take even longer. I have to return some items to the library when I get off of work and take a shower so I won't have time to eat dinner until after we get back from the temple which will probably be between 9 and 9:30, depending on the weather. If we arrive early, we may go to a McDonalds, but I'm not planning on taking money so I won't get anything. We probably won't get there early because of the road conditions. I have 45 minutes after I get off of work to get to the library and shower...I'm not sure how that will work. I may have to postpone the shower along with dinner. It is supposed to be cold in this temple so I am going to be sure to wear some thick socks (you have to take off your shoes) and bring a thick sweater to put over the sweater I'm already wearing. I think Dr. K. also said something about us walking outside. It will be peaceful to walk at night in the snow. I love the quiet of the darkness while you trudge along with snow swirling around you. It's so relaxing. The crunching of the shoes in the snow is a nice sound to break the silence. It makes the experience even better. It's like walking in a snowglobe. Hopefully it's still snowing then, and hopefully we get to wear shoes for this part! :) All right that is enough for now. I guess I had more to say than I thought I would.
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I enjoyed the drunken phone call. I've only had a few of those in my life and this was one of the best!
my parents kept a log of exactly how long I drove too! including where I was going, the weather, and time of day.
I put that first comment on the wrong post. But I must say, the shirt is lovely. And I do love the snow--thank you for being so thoughtful, like, all the days.
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