Birthday Week

I had a wonderful birthday week with friends and family. I'm a very spoiled girl who has been blessed with wonderful people in her life. Even though I got a little peopled-out by the end of the week, I wouldn't trade it for anything.

However, an odd part of this years birthday...I wasn't with my family on my actual birthday, I celebrated with them the weekend before. It was weird, and although I joked about how my mom was making a bigger deal out of it than necessary...I really did miss being home. I felt something that night that even resembled homesickness. Does that mean I'm growing up? Hmm.

Speaking of growing up, I drank for the first time in a few months also this week. And it wasn't really all that fun. I'm very done with drinking to get drunk. I'm not against drinking by any means, I would love to social drink and if I get a little tipsy in the process of that, so be it. But I'm not 21 - social drinking isn't currently and option. I don't want to do this binge drinking college stuff anymore, I don't like how it feels and I don't like how easily it can turn into something really bad. I don't like how people feel being drunk is an excuse for doing things, and I don't like when people try and manipulate you're actions because you are not of a sober-mind.

I've said this before, I love life as it is. Plain, unaltered, normal life. So I'm going to continue to enjoy it just the way it is meant to be enjoyed. :)