Well to start the year off with a bang, I had a very memorable New Years celebration!! Yes, there was sarcasm there ;) In anticipation for a very fun night of neon-themed drinking, dancing, fireworks and music with a bunch of friends at the Full Moon party at Xbase (yes the same kind of party as halloween), Lauren and I had quite the pre-funk together; getting ready, singing and dancing and having a few drinks beforehand. And boy did we have a good time!! Best friend status just leveled up.
To put it lightly, I won’t be drinking wine anytime soon. But it is quite a funny story when you wake up in bed at 4am to your friend walking in the front door, and you realize that you never made it out to the party.... glad I paid for that $54 ticket haha. So I had an early night. I definitely got some crap from people at work for that one. Although, on the bright side, I guess I did avoid the embarrassment of sprinting after the bus for no good reason, and showing up as a sweaty and hilarious drunken mess *cough* Lauren.... haha. Favorite part? Laying in bed listening to Lauren’s recap of the night as she swore to me that she remembered everything that happened.... and then looking through the photos that we took on her camera... and dying laughing at every hilarious one and admitting that neither one of us remembered taking them. Meh! We’re twenty-somethings, we’re supposed to have a story like that, right? Go ahead and make fun of me for not making it out to the party... I had an AWESOME night! And I have the photos to prove it ;)
"We brought out the glow sticks?... Do you remember the glow sticks?" "haha nope!"
After a big New Years celebration for everyone on the island, I assumed everyone would still be recovering and not have much interest in going out again for my birthday, so I honestly just intended to keep it to myself. But thank goodness for all of these awesome people! Everyone at work found out it was my birthday and I was flooded with birthday wishes all day! Including a series of birthday songs that the receptionists would randomly BLAST over the walkie talkies in the middle of my tours! So funny! Since everyone was asking about my plans, I decided to do an impromptu dinner and throw out that we might go dancing after if anyone was keen. Low and behold, I ended up with a dinner group of 12! Including my coworkers as well as Jacob and a few of his friends that were still on the island from New Years. So I ended up having a birthday celebration with all of my favorite people :)
Disappointed that the restaurant only had burgers on their lunch menu and not the dinner menu, the chef made me a fancy birthday burger with everything on it. Add that with some cider and my fancy mango daiquiri, I was a happy girl! Not to mention Lauren also made me a birthday cake! Awesome birthday dinner, followed by none other than a night out dancing at Xbase!! And pretty much everyone came out! At this point, the Xbase and Bungalow staff are all starting to get to know each other, and for whatever reason, they all know Lauren and I (I guess that’s what happens when you are the two super smiley girls that are CONSTANTLY dancing and jumping around from group to group making friends). I got a special birthday callout from the Xbase staff, and tons of free drinks all night.
Typical haha
Surrounded by friends and dancing like crazy, it was probably the best unplanned birthday I have ever had! But that is pretty obvious when you end the night walking home at 5am, barefoot, in a torrential downpour, carrying half of a birthday cake (so that you don’t lose your best friend’s plate haha).
And then you sleep for half an hour and get up and work a 9 hour day in another rainstorm, running around rescuing drowning animals, hoping over the river that is flooding throughout the park, trudging through shin deep puddles, screaming animal facts at the people huddled under the teeny-tiny bit of shelter so they can hear you over the sound of the bullet raindrops hitting the tin roof, while you stand soaking wet and looking fabulous, wondering why the HECK they still allow tours to be run during this madness!?
I kind of feel like a super human after reading all of that... so ridiculous.
Oh, and to top off an awesome birthday? Lauren and I turned in our application for our fancy apartment, and should everything go smoothly, we will be moving in together in one week!! EEK!
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