March 24, 2011 – My 21st Birthday! The big day was finally here. A big shout out to Joleen, our politics professor, who assigned us a 15-page paper that was to be due my birthday. Thank you Joleen…I started that paper on Sunday and worked on it whenever I had the chance to. Wednesday night was pretty crazy in itself. Everyone was busy at work right after dinner. At midnight we all took a break and everyone came to sing me “Happy Birthday” which was a nice surprise.
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| Set up camp in my bedroom for writing our papers. |
At 5:30 in the morning I decided to go to bed and get a couple hours of sleep in. Woke up at 8:30 am, finished at noon. Had to go to school to turn it in. The one good part about the paper was that we didn’t have class because of it – woo hoo!
Came home and was on cloud nine. Not only was it my birthday, but it was our first weekend to stay back in Port Elizabeth. We had 3 ½ full days of absolutely no responsibilities and nothing to do. It was going to be an amazing weekend. I started off my birthday day with a nap and tanning session on the roof. The weather was perfect. My roommates surprised me with flowers and a chocolate mousse birthday cake – yum.
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| The beautiful set up that CoCo de Mer did for me on my birthday! |
Then we started getting ready for dinner. I made reservations at a new restaurant called CoCo de Mer. It was the first time that all 29 of us all went out to eat together and everyone got super dressed up – we were looking good! CoCo de Mer was so much fun. My waiter Fran was a riot, he picked out the perfect drink for me – a Red Bull Long Island Iced Tea. It was so good. I had chicken le cordon bleu for dinner. Another good choice.
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| Got my new birthday dress in South Africa and thanks to Britney for cutting my bangs! :) |
After dinner we got ready to go out to the dance club called Balizza that we go to every Thursday night. It was a fun night with good music, good dancing and good friends. I am so thankful to have spent my 21st birthday in South Africa with our group. These people mean so much to me and I couldn’t have asked for a better birthday.
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| Me and my roommates - Hannah, Steph, Bri & Christne. Flat 8! |
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