I absolutely love my friends. I have come to realize lately that I have some pretty awesome friends.

Yesterday.. well two days ago now actually.. it was my birthday.. yay! :) And it was just kinda chill. I was suuuper tired because I had a midterm that morning (booo) and I had a paper due the day before and was at FTC all weekend before that (more to tell later). Failed my midterm, and hung around school waiting for my ride home. But instead, went to Carlsbad to go shopping, and then ate at Chipotle and then to Trader Joe's. Where I talked to Phil, who I haven't seen in a long time, and Vivian let him know that it was my birthday and he told me to pick out some flowers. aww... *sweet. So I "got flowers from Phil" and then crack-whore came over and gave me flowers and this funny funny card. I guess it makes up for her DITCHING ME FOR A BOY.. but whatever. haha.. she wouldn't be my crack-whore if she didn't do things like that. :P Anyways.. I got messages and emails from my friends all day, and THEN found out that my sister was going to the BRITNEY SPEARS concert. ew.. what a bum.. She didn't even invite me.. she better have picked me up some bad ass souvenir. Anyways.. then all my girls came over and we ate and chit chatted and hung out. It was good, now that we don't live in the dorms we never really get together and just all hang out. Jill-A, Stup, Patty, Kimmy Gibbler, Vivian, Becca, and Sakura all came over, and I got a couple presents. It was fun just hanging out with them and we all did the whole girl talk business.. haha. and we also watched Real World. I TOTALLY miss living in the dorms because of this very reason. We never get to just chill whenever, and I can't just sleep in my friend's bed or they can run in and sing the rise and since song to wake me up and we never have dance parties anymore. *sigh.. memories. this is when you really don't want to grow up. Anyways.. needless to say I had a fun birthday.

FTC was so awesome. It was the best FTC I've ever been to, and Nicole is way rad. She's my new idol. Anyways.. after a way traumatic Thursday night of fighting with my mom and then losing my gas cap and bawling while on the phone with Beth in a gas station parking lot I finally got to Beth's apartment and chilled with the District Board. Then dragging Salamanca out to take me to Kinko's.. THAT WAS CLOSED! ooh.. I was so mad. Anyways.. getting no sleep, I went up the mountain to FTC with Beth. We did the whole Board meeting thing, among talking about mucho other things. Got settled in, got to be in the presence of Pete Holiday *the International Vice President* oooOOOOOooooo (hahaha)... and everyone else in the district and waited all day for my division to arrive. We did opening session where I made a big fool out of myself.. but it's okay.. because people enjoyed it (when do they not enjoy watching other people be idiots?) Then I just kinda chilled all night. Saturday, workshops, business, food, service project, Kathy's and mine's AWESOME icebreaker workshop. And then I played in the basketball tournament with Pete, Becca, and Kieu. We won our first game and LET Joe and Joey win the next game cuz we didn't want to play anymore and Becca and I had to leave for the New Member Install. But yeah.. I scored the first basket of that game.. and it was nothing but net *whoosh!*. I rock. Anyways.. PTP rafflin, dance. yada yada yada. Then SAA'ing aka.. telling people not to sneak out for the meteor shower. I'm sure I made a lot of enemies that night. I told Ellie that I felt like I was border patrol on the US side trying to catch all the hoodlums that were trying to blend into the dirt trying to sneak into the US. haha.. Kathy was the head hoodlum! Anyways.. breakfast, then closing session, pictures, goodbyes, hanging out with the District Board afterwards. And then back to Torrance where I napped and then drove back to SD. Tried to write my paper, and tried to study for my midterm. *gosh.. I can't wait until school is over.

So now it comes full circle back to my birthday. And today.. I had no classes! whoo hoo.. they all got cancelled.. I slept in for once this year, and then Vivian brought my pictures to me. They're cute. I drove home in only mildly insane traffic. But I did take the Toll Road which made it a TON faster. I was really really tired though.. I wanted to fall asleep. And I wanted to talk to someone, but I couldn't think of anyone that I could call that would talk to me. so.. I just tried not to pass out. Even my blasting radio didn't help.. yikes. Anyways.. came home, slept (again) and then went to Angelee's house. That girl is a TON of fun. we chilled, looked at my pictures, I ate, watched Dawson's and Felicity until we left. I met some of her friends, Harsh and Bradley. And then I went to Rick Berman's (the exec producer of Star Trek.. shyeah.. )house because Harsh was high school friend's with his son Tom. They have a NICE house, and I got a gaze at the emmy. DUDE... I want to be like that when I grow up. That's awesome. All those snotty folks who go to Harvard-Westlake.. they all have niiiiice houses. After we stopped gawking and drooling we attempted to go to Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles, but it was closed, so we went to Wendy's instead. Then to Brad's house and chillaxed there. Before I drove everyone home. Buuut.. Angelee did give me my birthday present.. yes yes.. I now own the new Britney CD. Yay! Tonight was a fun time. I just hope I don't get in trouble for coming home too late. Yes.. I'm 20 years old and in college, and my parents still feel the need to treat me like I'm 5 years old. It's great.

Anyhoo.. time to hit the sack.. *night y'all. Happy Turkey Day.