Turning 21 is a big deal for most young adults. It means you're legal to drink as much as you want, how you want,whenever you want. It the time of your life! A time to party, laugh, do stupid things and no one can care or judge and, quite frankly, not remember your actual birthday.
For Mormons, that is not the case.
It is a standard in our church that we do not drink alcohol or any other addictive beverages. Thus, on my 21st birthday, I wasn't expecting to have that great of a time. While I saw all my other friends' pictures on Facebook and Instagram partying and going crazy, I thought, "Wow, I'm going to look like a total dweeb compared to them."
Oh, how I was wrong.
Little did I know, I have the best roommates and friends. EVER. On my actual birthday, I did buy alcohol....to cook with. I made some glorious cupcakes with Kahlua with my favorite Aussie friend. Afterwards, my roommates planned a Mexican dinner at Los Hermanos with our favorite guys. It ended up being 4 guys 4 girls, all matching the person sitting next to us. We looked like a nerdy quadruple date. However, it was worth it and so delicious. Muy Bien!
To top of the night, we played Phase 10 with my main niggas.
Pretty chill. Another year older and another year wiser. Nothing too crazy. No hangover. No puking. No stress. No regret.
And I thought that was that.
WELL. Apparently, when you have REALLY good friends, you have a birthday weekend. On Friday, it was just another Friday night- out to eat with the girls, basketball game, Froyo with the guys. The usual.
We get home to our apartment and my friend Ben texted me to go star gazing. Stacie comes in the door, "Cassie, look who I found!" Me- "Who ( kind of like whhhhhaattttt Stacie, its probably just Ben)"
And who walks in the door.... My BEST FRIENDS HAYLEN AND LUKE FROM ILLINOIS!!!!!
They freaking flew in from Missouri!!!!! Holy Cow! Talk about the ultimate surprise! I freaked out for a couple minutes. Okay. A half an hour. Apparently, my sister, Haylen, and Stacie have been planning this since JUNE.
I showed them around Utah, trying to think of every fun thing to do in Utah to make it look cool. We hiked, hit up Park City, Salt Lake City, played games with some friends, ate Cafe Rio, and just chilled. Typical Utah life.
I hope they enjoyed it. I was more worried about them having fun than them actually being here. That's my personally though.
I know I had a great weekend. Thats for sure. I have the best friends in the world. How was I so blessed to keep my best friends from 6th grade as well as have the most incredible roommates, friends and ward ever?
I know that Heavenly Father is looking out for me. When you do what is right, you truly are blessed. To this day, I still am so thankful for my decision to come out to Utah. I couldn't have made a better life choice.
Furthermore, my 21st WAS the time of my life and i thoroughly enjoyed it. And you know what the best part is?
I remembered every last bit of it.
