dream a little green.: the big two oh.

Monday was my room mate Tania's 21st birthday and my 20th birthday! It was the first year i have ever shared a birthday with someone i know, much less someone i live with! The day began with Tania and i receiving a big bouquet of flowers and gifts from our friends down the hall, Janelle and Rondi - a great way to begin our birthday. After sleeping in, since i had no classes that day, i headed over to (officially) register for classes and fill out some paper work. When i went into the computer room where everyone was registering, one of the women who was working gave me this big tall round box and said it had arrived just earlier. I opened the box, as everyone in the room sang happy birthday, and inside was a beautiful potted plant from my parents! Tania also received more flowers so at this point our room was over flowing with beautiful bouquets :)
Back in the room, we spent a couple of minutes opening all our cards and little gifts from friends and family and reading them to each other. We also received tons of sweet emails and facebook messages from everyone we know. Even though i wasn't able to be at home, the people here and the wishes from home made me feel so loved and made my birthday really really special.
In the evening a group of girls from the hostel went out to get dessert in Belfast at this really cute restaurant. Spending the evening with all the girls that we have grown close to and just getting out and into Belfast for an evening was such a great end to our birthday!
This birthday was everything i hoped it would be and one i will not soon forget!

Thanks to everyone for the emails, gifts, and birthday wishes - they meant so very much!