The beginning of being 21...

I had a pretty chill birthday this year, despite it being a big one. I am perfectly alright with no hangovers!! :) No interesting stories from that besides the liquor store paparazzi, that is my mother, sister, and three underage friends. Yes, through the windows they took pictures. My face was more red than a red crayon. Because of the spectacle they were making, I got flustered and nervous. It was like, "I like beer...and I kind of want coronas... but the person working is yelling at me to get a single shot of something??...they sell those i guess...i thought those were just in hotel rooms and on airplanes...wow...maybe i...wait...mom will be sad if i get hard liquor...and i may even get a lecture on how dangerous...wait...do they have everclear?...she would looove that...oh man...they are all staring at me...and those men over there are too...and they are old...whatever...i like the color of those drinks...lets just get that so i can get out of here!! ahh!!" Needless to say, I went back without my mom the next time. haha. Anyways, I went to dinner with my grandparents on my mom's side last night. The restaurant was ridiculously nice. All I could think about were the etiquette classes from grade school. I tried really hard to be polite like I ate at places like that all of the time. I am sure it was obvious I didn't, especially when I started crying at dinner. So here's what happened. I got a card from each grandparent. Grandpa's contained money. Awesome!! haha. Grandma's contained a message. I knew that it would start a waterfall because I am extremely emotional anyways. I asked if I could bypass the message. No. So, I skimmed it. Now you should know that she brings up dying all the time. And it makes me really sad and I prefer not to think about it. You should also know that she posesses a ring that she got to wear in place of her wedding/engagement ring a few years back for an anniversary. This ring, I might add, is gorgeous!! I have told her this. So after reading this card, I got a box, a ring box. It was the ring. She told me that she was going to will it to me, but wanted to see me have it while she was alive, so that was my birthday present from her. So I started crying, all down my face and everything. And I couldn't stop. In the middle of this super nice restaurant. At that point I almost didn't care though. Talk about a nice birthday present!! I am going to dinner with my other grandparents tonight. We'll probably throw back a couple beers, gotta love the german catholics. :) That's all I've got for you right now. I'll throw you a curveball next time. The last thing in the world I would want is to be predictable and just write about events in my life. Booorrriiinnnggg!!