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Saturday Dec 19, 2009

Dec 19, 2009
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This somehow became the best birthday I've had in a seriously long time.

It started the day before, with my best friend appearing to attempt to make plans with me. This was a hard lesson in cynicism and giving people the benefit of the doubt. I'd been prepping myself for what I assumed to be the inevitable: her blowing me off for alternate plans with her girlfriend. I instead got a wicked fun night out involving bowling, drinking, and staunchly refusing to allow me to pay for anything. As humbled as I was for wrongfully assuming the worst, I was all the more humbled for being treated with such generosity -- birthday or no, I couldn't find myself so deserving.

It continued with a day at Starbucks. One I hadn't booked off, partly to see if I'd get scheduled to work. And work I did. In fact, I even worked a good three hours longer than scheduled, to cover a bit of a shortfall. Truth be told, it was some of the most quality time I've spent in a Starbucks apron. As busy as we got, we were never overwhelmed. We all worked so well together, like - dare I say it - a team. I left the store not drained from a strenuous day of attempting to keep up with crushing demand, but energized from the positive energy of a job well done.

At night, my dad took me out to dinner. While there a couple of other patrons recognized me as the barista who consistently provides them with great beverages and sought to return the favour - and bought us both a beverage! The only person more shell-shocked by this generous gesture was my dad, stunned at my notoriety about town.

Now I come home to near-countless well-wishes. I understand that this is a major appeal of Facebook - someone on your friends' list has a birthday, it shows in your notifications, and a click later you've done your duty - but all the same, I've never had a birthday with so many well-wishes. Even here on SG, I leave in the morning with 2 comments on my blog, and return with 13 (this is a rare occurrence for me, okay??), all happy birthday wishes! It's just cool.

Oh yeah, and I went to the beer store for a 12-pack, and the cashier still did a double take when she saw my ID. It's hard to have an "age crisis" when people still expect you to be so young.
VIEW 11 of 11 COMMENTS
angad19:
You're welcome. Now you won't get those embarrassing No-Reason-Boners in the middle of important meetings or while you're on a date. biggrin
Dec 21, 2009
umeko:
urgh it sucks. has been plaging up for some time tho. I have this program to recover things from broken SD cards... glad I got it!
Dec 21, 2009

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