Birthday part 2

This birthday has tremendous suck-potential: turning 30 = old, Wednesday, limited social circle, etc. But this birthday worked out pretty well!

For my actual birthday, I went to bed around 6, rolled out of bed at noon. Made pancakes and checked the explosion of birthday wishes on my Facebook. Skipped the Schechner in favor of sating my cleaning OCD. Also, it was impossible to sit down and read because my phone was ringing off the hook! For class, SuperK brought cheesecake in my honor. There was the awkward singing, but still nice. And instead of doing work or eating decent food, we went to In-n-Out. It was a leisurely, gluttonous day.

And yesterday was really just part 2. After a few hours of domestic chores (laundry, dishes, etc), SuperK and Mev got back from the mock-interviews with some great gossip to fuel the ride downtown to my birthday dinner. We met up with the Chef and her boyfriend at Sojourner Cafe. The vegetarian options were extensive, but the giant slices of tofu were a bit much for me. I got some fabulously snarky cards (oh Mev, I love it when you get all radical feminist!) It was fun, polite, classy birthday - a nice counterpoint to my 29th birthday at Broney's with my OU kids and lots of girly drinks.

Driving back to campus, SuperK dropped me off at ballroom practice, where I learned the technical execution of a rag-doll in salsa, and then danced (poorly) some standard with a potential dance partner. So much fun! But the cherry flats were not really the best choice for Viennese Waltz. Guess I will just have to buy new ballroom shoes! But do I get new Latin shoes to replace the dying pair I bought 10 years ago? Standard shoes for competition? Dance sneaks? And I still need a pair of flats and slouchy boots... I smell a field trip to L.A.!