Another year – another birthday… this year was none other than my quarter of a century old birthday which, I have to be honest; I was not too pleased to be celebrating. However, with the help of all my friends here in China, it ended up being one of the best birthdays that I could remember. It did not start out that way though.
In the morning I woke up around my normal time (645 am (what I am an old lady!)) and went to the computer to read my daily gossip from my BFF Perez Hilton when the computer did not want to turn on. I tried to turn it off and on and was only greeted by an evil blue screen that spoke to me in Chinese. I sighed and called Ru Jing (our new Zelda) but sadly the computer guy would not return until Monday so I was left with no computer. Luckily – I have connections and friends around here so I was able to get on a little.
Luke left shortly after I woke up which shocked me, seeing as how Luke is the supreme sleeper. He said that he was going to grab some breakfast and then head to class early. I smiled and went back to reading my book, which was getting very good and didn’t think anything of it.
Lili and taught together and I was surprised several different times with different birthday gestures (the kids breaking in and singing happy birthday, having it screamed at me in the hall and so on). I outwardly hung my head low but was very happy that they kids seemed enthusiastic about my age… 25 – they were all jealous.
In the middle of my lessons I got a call from Luke saying that he had failed. He left early in the morning to attempt to get me an iPod Nano for my birthday. I was so happy because that is what I really wanted. He said that he found one but it was more expensive and not the new one that I wanted. He gave me a choice that we could order the new one and someone send it over to us with a care package or get the older more expensive one. We talked about it and decided to wait but I was giddy anyway that I have such a wonderful and thoughtful husband.
After the day was done a group of Chinese and foreign teachers met at our apartment and then we went to dinner at the lamb place. It was great and so wonderful to see all of my friends. Many of the teachers are busy so to get everyone together is a rare occurrence. Sadly, little Henry Li, Jenny and Lao Lao could not make it out to dinner because of some ‘doctor’s orders’. He still owes me a birthday song whenever he learns to sing.
After dinner, a group of us went out dancing to close the evening. It was more than anything I could have asked for. I kept complaining about feeling old but I am choosing to embrace my mid-twenties and planning on making the best of them. My goals for twenty five include:
Sky-diving
Running a half marathon
Getting into grad school
Naming all of the countries in the world on Sporcle.com
Thank you for all of the birthday wishes and I miss and love you all!
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