Un-birthdays

There is a up-side to having one's birthday in the summer: you never have to go to class or worry about homework while celebrating it. The down-side is that you don't get to celebrate it surrounded by your friends. That is why God invented un-birthdays.

Both Bridget and I have our birthdays in the summer months. Last year, to celebrate her birthday at school, I made cookies in late April and a group of us hiked up to the painter's shack to watch a movie while we ate them. This year, the planning was a little more extravagant: we went off campus. Not only did we leave campus, but we went somewhere, too. Three places, actually. Our first stop was the movie theater where we watched, "How to Train Your Dragon." The rest of the group had already seen it, but it was the only movie out worth watching. Jacob decided to place me in the middle of the group of us, so they could all watch my reactions. (In case you didn't know, I am a very animated movie-watcher). I enjoyed the movie... they enjoyed the movie and me. :-) Our second stop was U-Yogurt, which is one of those popular self-serve frozen yogurt places. Last, but not least, the boys wanted to stop at In-N-Out to ease their budding hunger pains. (College boys are always hungry)

My favorite part of the evening (measured by the size of the grin that dawns upon my face at the thought of it), was the singing of "happy birthday." Jacob, Chris, and Michelle decided that it needed to be sung to both Bridget and I, and, oh my goodness, was it sung with gusto. Jacob started off in that marvelously bassy voice of his, making use of his loud, operatic abilities. Chris, not to be outdone, used a funny accent to serenade us. As for poor Michelle, it was all she could do to sing at all between the giggles that the boys were inspiring. In my opinion, those were the best thirty seconds of the night. =D