Feb 27th – Day of My Birthday!

Today when I woke up, I looked out my window to see that the crappy weather had passed and it was a beautiful spring-like morning! Goodie! After I got ready, put on a cute outfit and ate breakfast, I left for school. I only have one class on Wednesdays so I was excited that today would be pretty relaxed. Once I got to school, all my friends would come up saying happy birthday and going into civ class I was a pretty happy camper. Olvido started out saying that today we were going to learn a song based on the lecture, which we all groaned thinking it was an old war song. The first slide pulled up on the PowerPoint was of a cute little mouse with a piece of birthday cake and it said ‘Happy Birthday Adelaide!’…I didn’t know she knew! Then Kary said, hey it looks like you!, and started to laugh, thanks Kary. Then Olvido clicked to the next slide, and it was Happy Birthday in Spanish since we had forgotten the words! So my whole class sang to me! Then Olvido asked about what I was doing tonight, which I said going to dinner with some friends and going out to the bars. Obviously I couldn’t stay out and get too crazy since I was leaving the next day for Prague and I had 9am class. She then asked about what we normally do back home and versus what they do there. She didn’t really like the idea of our custom of doing 21 shots, and she shares that opinion with mom too. Then we started class after she wished me a great birthday. Then after class, my other teachers were looking for me in the hallway to wish me a happy birthday too. After class, I decided to try the shoe hunt on a street off the main plaza to at least try all the stores I knew. I don’t know if it was my luck or because of my birthday but I ended up buying four pairs of shoes for only 40 Euros! It was awesome! And I finally found cute boots, which I got a black and brown pair, and then two pairs of flats. Man this day was just getting better as it went along! Then I walked back toward campus to talk to my parents and James and on the way, I ran into a very excited Ana. She smiled big and said Happy Birthday!! Then she saw my bags and said, ‘You’ve been shopping today!’ I told her about the awesome deal I got and she said, ‘No way!’. I know, it was crazy, and then I told her where I had gone and she said she may check it out before she goes home to see if she finds anything! Two kisses on the cheek and she was off. I had gotten a boat load of ecards which made me really happy even though I couldn’t be around my family, that they were still there. And dad went a little ecard happy and sent a lot and I loved everyone of them! Even the puppies sent an ecard! After talking on Skype, I went to my host home for lunch which she made lasagna! When I went up to my room, I found a wrapped present on my bed from my host family saying happy birthday! It was a cute shirt with Alcala written on it, and Ana said it was just a little something to remember them by when I went home. Adrian learned how to sing Happy Birthday in English but he forgot some of the words but it was cute nonetheless. He sang ‘Happy Bear-day a You’, he’s so funny and then sang it in Spanish and danced. Aww. Then I needed to have my composition revised and the tutor had to switch today so I was out the door again. My professor said I was getting better as revising it myself but I still needed to work on it. When I went to the tutor he made minor changes and even said I was getting better. Baby steps he said. Then I went to the computer lab to revise the paper and print it out for class tomorrow. Then I met up with my film class to go to an exhibit from the civil war that was one of our activities. It was pretty cool, and then after I was supposed to meet up with friends to go have birthday kebabs in an hour and then go out for a bit. At some point at the exhibit I had gotten a call from someone saying they were at my house and needed to deliver something to a person. I told them I didn’t know who they were talking about and they said my address and said, you are Adelaide Hobbs, right? Oh my gosh, they know who I am! I asked if they had anything for me and she said yes, I have your flowers! Oh! I love flowers! So I called Ana who had just left the house and circled back to take them to my room. I was so excited about my flowers (I love flowers, they instantly make me happy about anything) so when I got back to my host home I tried to find them. I could smell them everywhere in my room but had to use my nose to find them. I turned around to my little patio table with chairs and there it was! It was beautiful and HUGE and I loved them! I looked at the card and they were from mom and dad! Then Adrian raced up to tell me that he brought them up and thanked the lady. He also brought me a little gift, which was really not little, it was a sofa cushion that is about twice his size! I thanked him and told him it’d probably be best if it was back on the couch, which he gladly took it back down. Once I got ready and met up with my friends only a few of them could make it since some had midterms first thing tomorrow and others were sick. I told them it was okay and they offered to take me out next week when I got back from Prague. No worries. I was lucky that mine were almost over! So we went to go have kebabs which were awesome and then went to Whelan’s for drinks. I was fine with the jack and cokes my friends were ordering until my friend Elliot walked up carrying 5 shots. My eyes got big and then he said, three for you and two for me…don’t worry I’m not trying to send you to the hospital. Thanks Elliot. We all watched the Barcelona game against I think Valencia but I don’t remember. The game was awesome, they were about to lose and then before the game was over, they scored a goal and won! It was so tight! Then at that point it was 2am, and I needed to get sleep and so did my friends. Sadly I made the classic mistake that I always warn my friends about on their 21sts. I sat down while drinking so when I stood up it all hit me at once. Dang it! We made it outside the door and I stopped Elliot and asked if he could give me a piggy-back ride. He said, ‘Are you serious?’, yes. ‘Alright, but only because it’s your birthday!’. Once we got to the cab I was fine to stand and told the cab driver where I needed to go. I got home safe and was quiet getting in my host home and to my room. By then it had been long enough for my stomach to decide that whiskey, tequila and kebabs don’t mix. Ugh, but then I guess it wouldn’t be quite the 21^st with out your stomach making a protest in the end. Haha. Fortunately it didn’t last long and once it was all out, I could sleep. Great birthday and I liked that it was so relaxed. No pressure of making it amazing, not that I wouldn’t go to town the next weekend with my friends though…