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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Jun. 2nd, 2012 10:00 pmI’m 32 today. I’m not being melancholy about it or anything but it just feels like an ordinary day. I had a very good day – the weather was great. It didn’t rain, it wasn’t hot but still very warm and I got to spend the day in Manhattan with my friends. I guess I just used to be more excited about birthdays. It is probably just a sign of getting older.
Before my parents left on their vacation, they told me where they left their presents and I never peak beforehand because I really like waking up and opening presents.
Birthday loot:
National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States
“The Prague Cemetery” by Umberto Eco
“Endless Nights” by Neil Gaiman (Sandman)
Official USA 2012 Olympic T-shirt (which I wore today)
Two Ralph Lauren shirts and a nightshirt from my Mom
$100 gift card from the girls to the hair studio where I’m doing my wedding hair
I left about 10 am and got to Manhattan pretty fast. We weren’t meeting until noon (which meant I was there at 11:50 and everyone else came in the next hour at some point. But before getting there I had time to walk around the street fair on 3rd Ave. I got a few cheap bracelets – one red one for myself, a blue one with eyes to be in case of anxiety management and because my old one broke long ago and a one with beads of different colors with eyes for Mama’s friend Galina as a good luck charm while she is going through medical stuff.
Sushi lunch was wonderful. We were 9 people (Yeva, Marianna, Adama, Janna, Abena and her husband Kerim and Olia with her friend from Miami) plus baby Galya and we spend three and a half hours at that restaurant. I has miso soup, three types of rolls, including eel and mai tai. This time I didn’t get drunk like last time I had a cocktail at this restaurant.
After the restaurant, we stopped by across the street at frozen yogurt place where Marianna got me a mango cone and then spent a little time in Central Park. A very nice outing.
My parents came back from Europe today too, just in time to pull my ears (a Russian birthday thing). They brought me from Czech Republic – coins, postcards, a necklace, a nail file with fancy decoration, magnets and most importantly, Cadbury Chocolate. A gigantic Cadbury Chocolate made in the UK like the proper one.
Before my parents left on their vacation, they told me where they left their presents and I never peak beforehand because I really like waking up and opening presents.
Birthday loot:
National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States
“The Prague Cemetery” by Umberto Eco
“Endless Nights” by Neil Gaiman (Sandman)
Official USA 2012 Olympic T-shirt (which I wore today)
Two Ralph Lauren shirts and a nightshirt from my Mom
$100 gift card from the girls to the hair studio where I’m doing my wedding hair
I left about 10 am and got to Manhattan pretty fast. We weren’t meeting until noon (which meant I was there at 11:50 and everyone else came in the next hour at some point. But before getting there I had time to walk around the street fair on 3rd Ave. I got a few cheap bracelets – one red one for myself, a blue one with eyes to be in case of anxiety management and because my old one broke long ago and a one with beads of different colors with eyes for Mama’s friend Galina as a good luck charm while she is going through medical stuff.
Sushi lunch was wonderful. We were 9 people (Yeva, Marianna, Adama, Janna, Abena and her husband Kerim and Olia with her friend from Miami) plus baby Galya and we spend three and a half hours at that restaurant. I has miso soup, three types of rolls, including eel and mai tai. This time I didn’t get drunk like last time I had a cocktail at this restaurant.
After the restaurant, we stopped by across the street at frozen yogurt place where Marianna got me a mango cone and then spent a little time in Central Park. A very nice outing.
My parents came back from Europe today too, just in time to pull my ears (a Russian birthday thing). They brought me from Czech Republic – coins, postcards, a necklace, a nail file with fancy decoration, magnets and most importantly, Cadbury Chocolate. A gigantic Cadbury Chocolate made in the UK like the proper one.