Birthday celebrations

My birthday was absolutely fantastic! It started out somewhat crappily (is that a word?) with a Biblical Grammar midterm at 8am, but as soon as I finished the day got increasingly better. There were warm birthday wishes from people at HUC, lovely phone messages from people like Mara and Marleena and Sylvan and others whom I don't talk to often enough (but I will call you back!), emails from everyone from Rachelle to my extended family, Facebook messages, and last but certainly not least, lots of packages in snail mail! I felt so loved and really a part of a big nation-wide (world-wide) community.

After school ended I made travel arrangements with a 4th-year student for next month, when we both are going to a conference in Connecticut. He gave me a ride home, and when I got back, I gloriously ignored all my homework in favor of reading the new Newsweek. (It has a very interesting spread on Hillary in terms of gender and politics, if you're interested.) When Jonathan got home, he and I went over to a little local family-run Italian restaurant where we met Sarah and Chris, Sandra and Arnie, Jessica, Josh and Karen for dinner. It was great! I came home completely schmoozed out and filled to the brim with lasagna and cheesecake.

The night ended at home when I opened the presents I'd been collecting, and then Jonathan and I finished Return of the King for like the fourth time. We went to bed way too late and paid for it this morning, but wow was it a good day!

I hope everyone else's March 12th was just as happy. :)