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What a great long weekend. My 25th birthday was excellent. Not only was I able to spend it with all of my friends that I love so dearly, but I was able to take time off work to finally just relax and sleep and chill for a bit. It was definitely time well spent. Josh and I were able to hang out a lot, which was nice because ever since school started for both of us, we hardly see each other during the week.

I was able to reflect a lot about where my life is right now. I realized that I hadn't set up any concrete goals for myself or thinking "by the time I'm 25, I want to do this ______." Maybe I am not goal driven. Or maybe I didn't know what I wanted to do by this time in my life. In any case, the good thing is that I am not disappointed in some strange way. I see people get disappointed at themselves for setting, more often than not, unrealistic goals for themselves and say that they want to accomplish it by the time they are ___ years of age. I guess I don't think that way. Or maybe I am scared to do so, in an event that I may not succeed? Who really knows. I think it's more of me being a realist moreso than anything. I guess that explains a lot of things in my life thus far. Maybe even explains why I am not married with kids yet either. Everyone asks and I always say that we are in no rush. And to be quite honest, we are not. There's tons of people that are planning their lives right now...when they want to get married, when they want to have their kids, etc. I am not that type of person really. I do have specifcations and preferences for my wedding, kids names, etc. but that's about it. I actually feel like I'm on track and that, to me, is what really matters most. I too would like to have a big party eventually with all of my friends and family attending and celebrate, but its not happening very soon and I'm okay with that.

But as I type this, I know that I am very happy at this moment and this past year has been awesome to me. I have done a lot of rationalizing in my head and have come to the point where I am very honest to myself and have "cut the crap" in every aspect of my life. That is probably why I feel so great right now. Yes, there are small ups and downs, but overall, things are falling into place. I am friends with people that I want to be friends with. I have kept in contact with family members that I still want in my life (its amazing how MySpace is bringing all of my cousins and younger family members together, who would've thought?). But yeah it cuts down a lot of the unnecessary drama in my life and I don't end up wasting my time. It's quite nice actually. I'm getting too old for drama.

I uploded pictures from this past weekend here. I went out to dinner on my actual birthday with Josh, Tripp, and Kurt to Kabuki for some sushi. We had great conversations about the most random things, which is why I love hanging out with those boys. The next day, we had lunch with Angela and Randy at a neighborhood Mexican Restaurant. It was really yummy. I think I will start going there from now on. I got a lot of shopping done with M and Lisa. After dinner, Josh, Lisa and I went over to Marty's party (it rhymes, hehe). It was a sort of end of quarter-moving out-holiday party, of sorts. It was a lot of fun, but I felt really old there. I was chatting with one of the guys there and found out that he graduated high school in 2002. That's when I graduated COLLEGE. As Joey Lawrence would say, "Whoa!" I AM old. Boo.

I slept in a lot this weekend. It is so nice to not have anything to do in the morning, therefore allowing me to sleep until I want to get up. And then walk around the place and not have to shower until I really have to. It's lovely. Anyhow, I had to get ready for my birthday festivities on Saturday. I met up with a few people for dinner and then headed to drinks. I was so happy that a lot of people were able to stop by for a drink at the bar. It really means a lot to me. I feel very fortunate to have such awesome friends around me. I even had a celebrity sighting that night. The ever elusive Jack White from The White Stripes made a cameo in the bar. He had a small entourage with him and he headed straight to the DJ booth. I, mostly intoxicated by then, walked to the back to go to the bathroom and as I walked out, said hello to him. He glanced and said hello back. He was so pale, dressed all in black, with a black top hat and a white cane. That was about it. Nothing too exciting.

The next day consisted of sleep, grilling food, and laundry. That was pretty much it. I was supposed to work on my final presentation that is due this Wednesday, but I never got around to it. It's a shame because I have to do it now. That's what I get for procrastinating. I went back to work today and it was good to be back, though I was a little sluggish. I eventually picked up the pace and was very productive and will be able to catch up just fine on the work that I missed. After work today, I met up with M for our weekly dinner. I cannot believe that her birthday is coming up too. Time flies! We had great conversations over good Indian food. The conversations consisted mainly of Bob, her boyfriend. They are very cute together and I am glad that we were able to finally meet this past weekend. Good fun.

Well, I am off to study for my presentation. Eek, it's only 2 days away!