Birthday
It was my birthday on the 16th of July! My 18th birthday. :D That’s right- I am an adult now! (Yeah, I don’t get how that is possible either. I don’t feel grown up at all. I don’t even feel all that mature really)
The actual day was spent quietly and like most others. I got up the usual time, did the usual things. Definitely didn’t feel any different. I got some nice presents- money for Japan, cute fluffy toys, beautiful jewellery. Mainly small things but I’m not complaining as I am also getting a trip to Japan and hopefully a new phone in a month or two (depending on how things work out). In the evening went for a pub meal with the family and then much later we had cake, with eighteen candles, and my parents sang to me. Best bit of any birthday- cake and candles :D
On Saturday I went to Leeds to see my sister. The train getting there was so busy D: On the train from home to Manchester this guy comes to me as I’m waiting for the train to leave and tells me I’m sitting in his seat. Except I had checked before I sat down and the seat I was sitting on was not reserved. I tell him he can sit next to me as I’m not moving. Idiot. Then from Manchester to Leeds there were these women drinking Champagne and doing a pub quiz and generally being ridiculously loud. I was sat next to this old women. She starts talking to me, about how packed the train is, about the answer to one of the women’s questions (yeah, those women were that loud and possibly drunk)…just small talk. Nearing the end of the journey she asks me where I come from. After I tell her she tells me she was evacuated to that area at the beginning of the war. Total omg what do I say moment, but in the end I could only nod and go “oh” because I know nothing about history. I was completely shocked though. Was not expecting it— how often do you randomly meet people that interesting? Usually on the trains if I get chatting to (well forced to chat to) people they are drunks and other such wierdo’s. :|
Got to Leeds, met my sister and went to her place. Watched a movie with her called The Women which is a decent film, though it did go on very long and was kind of…idk superficial? But not bad. Then we got ready as she was taking me to a comedy night, and a night club. Yeah. Clubbing. We left early to get there and get tickets, dressed up in our tiny dresses and thin, thin jackets. It was a cold experience. The place wasn’t open so we sat on lovely cold metal benches, feeling cold, very cold. The place opened at around 7:00pm. I showed the doorman my ID, obviously, and he realized I turned 18 the day before and he smiled at me as my sister proudly introduced me as her little sister. Delightful. I felt so out of place and nervous. I didn’t feel an adult. Inside the club it was kind of small and intimate. Sat down at a table and ordered drinks and waited for the night to start. The comedy night was very funny. My sister was the only student, and I was definitely the youngest there. But it was nice that way, because it gave the night a certain maturity. No students getting wasted and being loud and obnoxious and immature you know? I did drink a little. Started with a vodka and lemonade, then baileys. Baileys was delicious. I’m a lightweight so I started feeling a little light headed and sleepy about halfway through the baileys so I got some water. By the time I was on my second Baileys I’d had half a pint of water, and although very sleepy, was pretty much OK. :D
After the comedy night we hung around and watched as the staff cleared tables in preparation for the club opening. The club opened and eventually people started dancing. We watched them for a bit. There was this really cute couple that had obviously been taking lessons, and the man was very clearly drunk, but they were attempting proper like idk ballroom style (the music in this club was not electronic pop at all). My sister dragged me onto the dance floor but I…cannot dance. I sort of tried, got embarrassed, giggled nervously, and swayed awkwardly on the spot as my sister laughed at me. It was not fun. Also there were not many other people dancing which made me feel even more awkward. So we left pretty soon after, at about 23:30pm. I felt a little bummed after that horrible embarrassing attempting to dance thing (it looked so easy ;–;), but apparently bigger night clubs are a whole different kettle of fish. There is hope for me and my two left feet yet! Anyway I felt sleepy and tired from the alcohol. I don’t think I could have made it to 1am even if I did miraculously know how to dance and neither could my sister. It was fun though! The comedians were very funny and I was glad to get some experience in ‘grown up’ things. Though it was very weird being in a club, ordering drinks, wearing a very tiny dress. But fun!
On the walk back we stopped and had £1 pizza slice, which was very delicious and even more delicious for being so cheap and gotta say it’s a different style of life with my sister. I never eat well when I go there. Not lots of fast food, but a lot of starch and like I ask for juice and all she has is fizzy juice, and lots of chocolate. And £1 pizza at nearing midnight. Things like that. It makes me feel so guilty and unhealthy and I know it sounds mean but I wonder how she lives like she does. I wonder if I get into uni if I’m going to end up living like that.
We ate the pizza as we walked back to hers and we were pretty awake so we watched some I.T crowd until nearing 2am. My sister had one more drink than me and not all the water I did and was a little bit drunk, and although I was sleepy I was very awake at the same time. It was a weird feeling. But she was falling asleep whole I was wide awake.
It took me ages to get to sleep that night :(
On Sunday had an epic lie-in. Well I woke up pretty early but my sister was still asleep and I didn’t want to wake her, so I lay there and waited until mid day for her to wake. We were supposed to go for a meal at a good Thai place she knew but it was closed so we decided to go the Cinema instead. The film we wanted to see, Killers, was not showing and nothing else was on at the major cinema’s that we actually wanted to see. So we went to The Hyde Park picture house and saw Please Give. This film was amazing. Dragged a little, but was just the right blend of dark comedy and drama. It was very realistic and funny but sad and beautiful all at once. We both loved it. It did go on pretty long and it was late when we got out of there. So we went home and watched more I.T crowd for hours, getting through like two seasons all at once. I can see why the show is popular. It is kind of hilarious.
Monday we went to the Thai restaurant for a early lunch (we had eaten a full meal and dessert before 12:00pm!). The food was delicious. I had Yellow curry, which is one of my favourite foods but is never sold at supermarkets. ;__; It was spicy and burned my mouth a little, but absolutly lovely. My sister taught me how to use chopsticks but I found it too difficult and gave up halfway- I wanted to eat instead of stab uselessly at my food as I failed to grab it properly! Learning how to use chopsticks is still an ongoing mission for me and I less than a week to master it :( After the restaurant we went shopping, then went back to her place. The weather had said it would rain so we both brought hoodies and well, it was boiling. It’s a really long trek from the center of town to her place and we were dying by the time we got there. We got changed into much lighter clothing as soon as we got in. I packed and organised my things and we watched more I.T crowd. We got through all 4 seasons this weekend. :D
Then basically I went home. Train home was busy again. Had to stand up for a lot of the journey back from Manchester. I hate that :(
I’ve had a really nice birthday! Not wild or crazy, but fun. Tried a few different things like wearing tiny dresses, going to clubs, drinking alcohol, eating at Thai restaurant, using chopsticks. Not all successful but hey, at least I tried.
I feel so happy at the moment. And shock horror, even a little confident in myself. I know I never say such things on the blog so let me write it again- I am actually really happy right now. : )