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24 Down!

Sunday Jul 25, 2004

I made it. Another milestone, another marker, turn the page. I have now been on this planet for 24 years...

Unfortunately the day itself fell on a Sunday and I was DJing a wedding Saturday night. Thus I was left with only Friday if I wanted to have a group outing for my celebration. The plan: Book a hotel room at the Embassy Suites and treat the party like a goodbye/birthday combo. The theme: Children's party. So there would be really sugary cake, games, swimming, bad movies, balloons, pizza, and alcohol? Well we're not 8 so we entertained ourselves accordingly. Or rather the hotel did.

When the roomies and I arrived at around 5pm to check in the clerk let us know that happy hour began at 5:30. Thoroughly unimpressed with the room and feeling famished we decided to go down stairs to hunt out food and perhaps enjoy a drink special. Now this was a special thats hard to pass by:

Complimentary Cocktails 5:30-7:30pm.

Meghan, Nichole, and I waited in line. We thought this might mean one free cocktail for everyone with a room key, or something along those lines. As we reached the front of the line we saw that our expectation was way off mark. Albeit not top shelf liquor, the drinks were free for as long as you wanted to drink them. We immediately took 3 tequilla sunrises back to the table near the waterfall and I got on the phone calling EVERYONE who was coming to the party to get over ASAP for the "Happy Hour" or "Estatic Two Hours" as I prefer to call it.

By 7:30 almost all the guests had arrived and had enjoyed an average of 5 drinks a piece. Though an exact number was not calculated we as a group probably consumed somewhere between 40-50 cocktails. Needless to say this changed the party plan a little bit. We retreated to the room for pizza and played trivial pursuit instead of various drinking games. Eventually after eating we went downstairs to check out the pool/sauna/hot tubs. After becoming infected by their foul scent we returned to the room for a children's birthday cake featuring Harry Potter. Nichole got me a pair of Potter glasses to wear as I blew out the candles. Oh and I got all 24 of them with one breath and only spit on the cake a little bit.

Anyway, shortly there after I passed out and people dispersed, but I think the whole affair was a nice escape from the city and a fun celebration for all!

Topic change: Officially I will be leaving San Francisco first thing Saturday morning the 31st. The past two weeks I've been saying tough goodbyes over dinner and have been sad about the whole transition. Its hard to keep my eye on all the amazing things I have ahead of me when I see myself having to end all of these great connections within a matter of days. So sadly and a bit unproductively I have been gathering my belongings in boxes of varying shapes and sizes. I hope to finish this lovely process this evening. Wish me luck or just wish me a happy birthday!