Well, a lot has happened since the last time I blogged. I doubt I can remember it all, but let's see if I can sum it up.
I didn't get ANY hours at Macy's last week (which is ok, because this week I work about 16 hours). However, I did babysit since it's hay season. I love love LOVE babysitting, and sometimes I wonder why I stopped. I guess I got busy, and finding a "real" job seemed more important. But babysitting is pretty great. I watched these two boys, ages 6 and 8. We had tons of fun--they have five week old puppies! I may have fallen in love with every single puppy. Too bad I have nowhere to PUT a puppy. We also went to the pool AND the Children's Museum. They told their mom that I am the world's best babysitter. I'm pretty much awesome. Probably because I actually play with them. We rode bikes, and I learned about the "green machine" which is similar to the bike, kind of, but is low to the ground and made to do 180s. We spent quite a bit of time on the trampoline as well, and my entire body is STILL sore. Ouch.
Then on Friday, it was my 21st BIRTHDAY! My friend Melisa came to visit--she was in Wales with me, and is visiting until Monday :) Anyway, we met up with Becca in La Crosse and went to see the movie Grown-Ups. It was good, I guess, but not as great as I had hoped. My expectations were so high--I really love Adam Sandler movies. Lately I seem to be a bit of a movie critic...I didn't like the latest Twilight movie either. Dani and I went to the midnight premiere, with about 9382452 million preteens. We both agree--the acting is just terrible. But mightnight movies are fun, so it was alright.
Back to my birthday--after the movie, we went down to Riverfest for a while. Not quite as exciting as I remembered...but then again, I used to go more when I was a kid, and everything is more exciting then. It's bigger and better. We DID get some mini donuts, because those are amazing.
Then we drove to Westby, to Becca's apartment, and hung out until Tim got home from work, a little after 6. He was our wonderful DD for the night, and I can't thank him enough. Bec, Tim, Melisa, and I decided on dinner at Olive Garden since Melisa had never been there. We did, however, swing by American Eagle first because I only had shorts--but Becca bought me these heels I REALLY wanted, and we decided that I needed to wear them...which I couldn't do with shorts. I now own skinny jeans--something I thought I would NEVER wear. They are dark and skinny, and just awesome. Plus they were like $14. My birthday present to myself :)
Ashley, her boyfriend Eric, and her mom Rose met us at Olive Garden at 8. It was a late dinner, but it worked. And it was delicious...I love chicken alfredo. I had a strawberry daquiri, which was pretty good. Our waitress was really nice. She was one of the many people who wished me a happy birthday :)
After Olive Garden, we went downtown. We went to a number of different bars--most offered a free drink or shot for 21st birthdays. One required me to ride around on a stuffed horse first (which is funny because I didn't even want that shot--I gave it to Ashley) and another required me to run around ringing a bell, telling everyone that it was my birthday. Colby met up with us downtown, and I ran into another old friend, Kyle.
My friends made sure that I was properly outfitted. Tiara, sash, flashing button, and shot glass necklace. It was certainly an attention-getter. I had SO many people who noticed the button and wished me a happy birthday. One guy noticed the tiara and sash, and asked if someone was getting married. Haha. No. I'll stick with celebrating wonderful birthdays for a while.
I probably disappointed the bartender at the second-to-last bar, as I only consumed water. But he was a good sport, and water was probably a good choice. (Look Mom, I'm all responsible and stuff). Our last stop was Brothers, because if you run around ringing that silly bell, you get a birthday cup, and free beer in the cup. However, at that point, I really didn't want another drink--so I ran around, got my cup, and promptly dumped out the beer in the bathroom sink so I could go sleep. Ha.
Tim was the best DD ever, and he made sure that we all got back to their apartment. I'm feeling quite fine today, which is good. It was a ridiculously fun night. We had a fishbowl (which took forever to drink) at Who's on Third, and weren't sure if we could keep the bowl--but we wanted to, so Ashley snuck it out under her shirt. Typical Ashley, to be honest. I love it :)
I had a really good birthday, with my family early in the day, and my friends later. Mom made ice cream pie, which is my FAVORITE, and it was just an all-around great day. I'll be celebrating my birthday again next weekend, because I will be taking a trip to visit Liss in Ripon! I'm super excited, because it feels like forever since I've seen her. Not ok. It'll be another really great weekend.
To finish up this weekend, we'll be hanging out tomorrow and then going to fireworks at Riverside. I love this holiday!
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