So last Wednesday was my 21st birthday. I was lucky enough to have Mom and Nick here visiting the weekends before and after my birthday, although they weren't actually here on the day of, so we started off the celebrations on Sunday night with a birthday dinner out with Jalynn.
On my actual birthday I got to open a present from Josh, which he sent with Mom, specially to France. It was nice to get something directly from home to start off my day. After a busy day of classes and beautiful weather, I might add, I came home to start the festivities. I had a few friends over to have a spaghetti and meat sauce dinner (our favorite family recipe) as well as some delicious garlic bread which was a huge success. We all ate too much, because I also made a cake from an American mix that I specially requested Mom and Nick bring me. It was delicious, and topped with some easy icing and fresh strawberries. As yummy as French pastries are, it was fun to have good ol' cake from home to celebrate.
Once I had time to shower and get dressed and make myself presentable after rushing around the kitchen cooking, we headed out for the evening to meet up with some more friends from the program. It was a wonderful birthday and an awesome night, and I was so lucky to have so many new friends to share it with me. It's too bad I'll have to wait till May to have my first legal drink in the states, but it was still pretty great to celebrate my birthday in France, and my friends helped me to make it a great one! Now I just have an excuse to have more birthday celebrations with the rest of my friends when I get home!
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