#99. Have a Birthday Party

After I decided that one item on my list would be to have a birthday party, my dad informed me that I had birthday parties when I was little. You know, the typical "Emily's first birthday" family party type things. In my opinion, this doesn't count. Therefore, we decided to have a birthday bash for my 21st birthday. Never fear, there was no alcohol involved, because we honestly don't need to be intoxicated to have a great time.
So without further ado, I will tell you all about my first ever birthday party. We had my party on June 18, the night before my birthday. We reserved the pool at my apartment complex to ensure that we would have plenty of space for people. Tiffany made cake and my sister made brownies. Lauren made beer chicken and beer chili. I, of course, was in charge of the kool aid. It's kind of my forte. I made and awesome playlist on my computer, and we were ready to party.
We started the party a little early, when my friend, Brent, brought a present over for me. Although I already happened to own the gift he gave me, it was pretty awesome. My favorite part of the gift was probably the card. The Cookie Monster is my favorite Sesame Street character and he brought me a Cookie Monster card. He fixed the fact that it was meant for a 2-year-old by drawing a 1 next to the 2. It was utterly magnificent.
So 7 o'clock came around, and at first there weren't many people there, which made me a little nervous. It was my first ever birthday party! It needed to be a success. People finally began arriving, but unfortunately most of the girls didn't wear swimming suits. At first I was a little sad, but then I decided that I didn't care. It was my party and I was going to have fun, regardless of everyone else.
We decided to play water polo, and it was basically an epic battle in the water. We didn't play by any rules, and I know that many people almost drowned, but it was amazing.

After we were all too cold to play anymore, we retired to the hot tub to eat cake and drink koolaid and just have a good ol' time. It was magnificent and we were loud way after curfew and whatnot, but all-in-all it was a mgnificent time. I think that this was the best birthday party ever.

The after-party was pretty stellar as well. My friend Aaron and a couple of his friends showed up at my apartment after the party was over. He appologized profusely for missing the party and presented me with a homemade card, complete with hand-drawn unicorns and robots. It was totally legit.
BEST PARTY EVER!!

I Struggle With Forward Motion..

So I haven't been able to complete anything on my list in over a week and I feel like I'm failing. However, many of the items on my list are processes, not events. For instance, I am working on reading the list of Barnes and Noble classics, but there are 199 of them. In my defense, I've read fourteen of them and I'm almost done with two more.
I'm also working on my goal to be able to do 50 pushups. If you know me, you know how difficult this will be. I have been working on this, though. I haven't actually been doing any pushups, but I'm an archaeologist and I screen dirt all day everyday. Trust me, it's a crazy workout.

I have never in my life had a birthday party, but next Saturday I'm turning 21. In honor of this, we will be having my first ever party on Friday. We are currently planning this shindig, and I will most definitely write all about it afterwards.
I may not have completed anything new as of late, but I'm working at it. But after all, forward motion is harder than it sounds (yes, this is a reference to Relient K for those who were unaware).