so this is 21

Hey everyone!

SO the birthday has come and gone, quite exciting - though now that the celebrations have past i just feel a little old... i'm a "twenty-something"! A little freaky... But thanks to all who sent birthday wishes, i really enjoyed the cards and fb messages!

The weekend was great! The big night was Saturday night obviously. We had pizza and wine for dinner (saving classiness for sunday night haha) and then Liz and Mary and my flatmate Halley had backed us tons of goodies, choc chip cookies, choc covered strawberries, choc pb oat bars, and lemon bars! After we had sufficiently stuffed ourselves, we were off to the whole pub crawl deal we had planned where we went to 5 of our favorite pubs around Edinburgh. Lots of my friends from Arcadia (study abroad program), EUMC, and my flatmates came along. It was quite the party. Only downer of the night was I lost my jacket somewhere between pubs 4 and 5... it wasn't found at either so must have gotten knicked or i dropped it on the walk in between - sad! But oh well, all in all it was a great night and it could have been worse if i lost something like my camera or wallet! maybe gap will make another cute green corderoy blazer soon... = (

Sunday i was feeling surprisingly upbeat (i guess that was a benefit of not being in the states, didnt get as crazy, and thus didnt get as hungover lol - i know it's not the stereotypical celebration, but ive already been informed by multiple friends back home that im having a makeup 21st upon return to the states haha). Sooo after unsuccessfully searching for my jacket, me and a friend took a trip to the Royal Botanical Gardens. It was a nice day, cloudy but what i like to call "bright cloudy" (there's different degrees here you know) - not gloomy or rain threatening at all. Quite nice, actually felt like fall, you could smell it in the air, the crisp scent of the leaves and smokey chimneys mmmm. Then it was back to the flat to get ready for a classy night out with the girls: dinner at the Dome restaurant - very yummy food and gorgeous setting - and then home for champagne and desert. It was a perfect way to end the day! So even for not being in the States, and not being with the 'rents on my bday for the first time, it was actually quite an amazing birthday = )

~R
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