I AM WOMAN: Throwing a 21st birthday bash

I didn't know whether it was because mine was so horrid or that I had just taken an extremely hard midterm, but I was intent on throwing my friend a fabulous 21st birthday party.

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I AM WOMAN: Throwing a 21st birthday bash

POSTED: Monday, March 7, 2011, 4:00 PM

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I didn't know whether it was because mine was so horrid or that I had just taken an extremely hard midterm, but I was intent on throwing my friend a fabulous 21st birthday party. We decided to host the event at my place because it has the most room. I created the menu and the drink list with her favorite choices in mind and invited our dearest friends. The stage was set and although I over estimated my skills as a bartender — everyone said the drinks were too strong — we had a really good time counting down to her birthday at the stroke of midnight. The party ended around 3 a.m. when my iPod started repeating the same songs. I made sure everyone had a cab or designated driver to take them home before I passed out on my bed.

At noon the next day I had to clean the remnants of the previous night's fabulousness. I never understood how certain “house party phenomenons”, as I like to call them, occur. For example, cups and forks in the most random places, remote controls in the freezer and cake icing in the pots of my plants. Either way, my little game of hide 'n’ seek 'n’ clean absorbed most of my Saturday. I spent that night making outlines for a midterm test and answering phone calls from my girlfriends about the status of lost accessories.

Sunday, I missed home. I hadn't seen my family in a while and decided to take the drive to suburbia. I've always enjoyed long car rides, so the drive from Philly to Jerz was a relaxing one. My family was extra surprised to see me and it made me feel guilty that it had taken me so long to visit. My mother has this theory that since our family is so big — I am one out of five — that when one person leaves the dynamics shift. I think it's the opposite: the bigger the family the less you are missed. My siblings and I chipped in to make dinner that night and it felt really nice. Spring break, here I come.

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