My daggy birthday

April 14 has come and gone yet again. This year, I celebrated 14 hours ahead of schedule. Lucky me! I spent the day with Jo, James and Josh at the beach. We sat down to have fish and chips and right as I was about to put my first chip (ok, they're fries) into my mouth, a bird swooped down and stole it from me! I was a little scared to eat more but I figured I'd be safe if I leaned over my food so the birds couldn't see it. Of course I had to feed my little puppy, Josh, since he has learned that if he fusses a bit, I'll give him my entire meal. He really doesn't even have to fuss, he looks at me and can get whatever he wants. Anyway, as I was cutting the fish, the same bird came back and took the entire piece and smacked me in the face while he was at it. I was traumatized and we left immediately.

Jo and Dave took me out to dinner at Dave's favorite Greek restaurant, Diethnes. The food was delicious although, the restaurant itself was, as Dave put it so lovingly, daggy. Naturally, I didn't know what this word meant so Dave took the liberty of explaining it to me by using an example.

"When your mom wears clothes that are 30 years old, that's daggy." -DJB

Anyway, I suppose it was a daggy restaurant but they can be daggy all they want with food like that! Dave and I both got the lamb and potatoes and I loved every bite of it.

After dinner, we went to a lounge that has the best view of the city. It was the perfect ending to a perfect birthday. At least, it was the perfect ending to my Aussie birthday.

Usually, the day after a birthday is a little sad because you realize you have to wait another 365 for the next one. However, being on the other side of the world cured that problem for me. The next day was filled with lots of birthday wishes from my family since it was the 14th at home. I woke up at 5:23am to talk to my dad (3:23pm EST aka my birth time) as part of our annual tradition. My mom had talked to me at 3:23pm Sydney time (1:23am EST). My birthday would not have been complete without those phone calls or listening to Isn't She Lovely?, of course.

After two days of celebration, I'm officially 22. It's the best feeling to be so far away from home but still feel the love. So, thank you to my family and friends for the very sweet birthday wishes!