Birthday Celebration
This must have been the greatest birthday I’ve ever had! My friends have gone above and beyond to make my birthday a special one. The time, effort, and money put into my party was definitely more than I could ever imagine!
Friday, October 15th, 2010: Ann shows up to pick me up so we could stop at Spirit Halloween so I could look at the vampire fangs and costumes that they had on sale. After checking out everything, we drove to Ginger’s house to pick her up. Diana was already there hanging out and we were all going to pick up Tyche and head to the Pearl for karaoke. We piled into Ann’s car and drove to Tyche. I heard Ann say over the phone to Tyche, “We’re almost there….you’re still not ready?…so you want us to come in and wait?…alright, we’ll be there in a sec.” We pulled into the driveway and got out, knocking on the door. Liberty answered, dressed and ready to go to the Pearl. “Tyche is in the smoke room out back.” So, I walked through the closed double doors into the pitch black living room only for the lights to turn on and all of my friends scream “SURPRISE!” I was told the look on my face was priceless! I looked around and saw a face I had not seen in ten years. My friend Liz from my freshmen year of high school was there. I glanced to my left and saw my dad, Zeus, there as well. MY DAD, AT A PARTY, FULL OF MY GAMER FRIENDS! SWEET!!! The place was decorated and almost everyone was dressed in Asian attire. It was amazing!
“1001 cranes” decorated the ceilings of the living room, the smoke room, the back porch and the platform that they set up. There was a wading pool full of tea candles and rose candles floating around. The cake was gorgeous! (Mad props to Leigh for making the cake, btw.) Ian had brought two sake sets from his home, so there was quite a bit of drinking. My dad got to finally meet my friends and he seemed to have enjoyed himself…he even did a shot of sake with us! WOOT! Everyone seemed to like my dad and they even have him interested in checking out the game. (SWEET!!)
Saturday, October 16th, 2010: Woke up with my first hangover. DEFINITELY NOT FUN!!! My voice was going in and out (stupid weather!) and I had to work the vampire game. Luckily, having a hoarse voice works for my character as she gets into bar fights all the time. LoL So, I used it and ran with it to my ST’s delight and approval.
Sunday, October 17th, 2010: Halloween Horror Nights with Ann. We left town late (due to her finances) and got there about 8pm. The park was packed for a Sunday night so we decided to get the Express Passes so we could bypass the long wait. We didn’t see all 8 houses though, but the 4 we did see were great! My favorite, however, was the Horror Nights, Hallow’d Past, which featured the characters from the past 20 years of HHN. Even with my semi hoarse voice, I screamed out in excitement and did roll call of each character that popped out. It was great!!! Ann was exhausted, so I drove back to Jacksonville, picked up Lee from my sister’s, and drove home.
Monday, October 18th, 2010: Recovery…..and running errands.
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010: Spent all day with Lee, had dinner with David and Marie, recieved over 50 messages from Facebook and text messages. Indeed a great birthday!
