Birthday/Going Away Party: May 16th

Day Time:
My 27th Birthday was on May 16th. I conveniently told the agency we went through that I couldn't leave Korea until the 18th because I wanted to have a big bash before I left. Also, not only were Erin and I moving to Korea, but my brother J.C. was also leaving the same day we were to move to Orlando and start UCF.

There was a day party in my parents' neighborhood at the pool house. They rented it out for the day and my mom, gramma, and aunt mary cooked way too much food, as usual, but it was great. A lot of people showed up and we just hung out around the pool, ate, and drank some of my champagne punch ;) Meredith made a video of it and got it edited in time before I left for Korea. It's nice to be able to see everyone whenever I want on the video.

Anywho, my uncle Phil and uncle Barry also came up for the party so I got to see everyone pretty much. It was soon time to rap things up and head back to the house. Erin went with Rachel, Nick, and Lily to go to the store for some last-minute necessesities and then off to their hotel. Kristina also got a hotel for whoever wanted to crash, downtown after the night party at The Pearl. It was so nice! The nice, gay boy at the front desk noticed that we got a good deal on the hotel through Hotwire or something, and asked if we would like to upgrade to riverfront for just $20 more. Why not? Best $20 I ever spent! The view was great and the sliding window even opened so that you could smell the good ol St. Johns. Kristina, J.C. and I were extremely giddy about the whole thing and it made getting ready to go out that much more exciting...

The Pearl:

I had a blast at The Pearl, at least, that's what everyone told me. I got pretty wasted, no thanks to everyone who bought me raspberry lemon drop shots ;) I remember the first half of the night, but the end is a little fuzzy. What's more is that I thought I didn't even get to talk to some of the people that came to say goodbye to me, until I looked at the pictures on my camera the next morning and found that I had taken pictures of myself with just about everyone. At least my camera could fill in some of the gaps! I'm pretty sure I passed out not long after we got to the hotel, even though people came to the room afterwards to hang out. I didn't want to get that drunk, but it's too late for that now. Oh well. At least we all had a great time, and I've got the pictures to prove it!