Dear Coley,
Happy Birthday to me!
I had such a great birthday this year (especially when I got your card). My day mainly consisted of Patho (which is every Friday from 9:30-4:00) but thanks to my amazing friends, it turned out to be a fantastic day. Meredith started the day off by bringing doughnuts for breakfast (Meredith and I are both healthy eaters {yes believe it or not, city life has transformed me into a fruit/vegetable/nut/nothing fried eater…Susie says we eat like squirrels haha}, and so when we are really sad or stressed, we share our food fantasies… this week was doughnuts, the cookies that come in tins during Christmas, and cheeseburgers with bacon). So Meredith brought doughnuts for breakfast, cupcakes for lunch, a cookie tin, and a gift card to Chili’s- yeah, she is amazing!
Later that night we went out for sushi. My birthday dinner consisted of: a Sake-tini, Sunomono (a cold seafood salad), Calamari, Edamame, Spicy Tuna roll, free chocolate birthday cake, and Tempora ice cream. I was beyond stuffed and crazy happy. I am so blessed to have met such an amazing group of girls here! I can honestly say I would not be able to make it without them, and they went out of their way to make my day special. We finished dinner, then Susie, Lauren, and I went to The Continental- a restaurant that has a roof top bar. It was so nice to sip a martini, look up, and be surrounded by skyscrapers- definitely a first. Susie then took us to a hookah bar, again, a first (and legal- mom). Overall, I had an amazing birthday- and was so happy to experience my 27th year in Philadelphia.
The next day was when the real adventure started. My mother sent me a surprise package for my birthday….. although, even though it was a “time sensitive” package, it was not delivered to my apartment. After some UPS tracking, phone calls, and texts, it was discovered that instead of sending the package to 2100 (my street name), my mother sent it to 1200 (my street name). Yes, bless her heart. So, Saturday morning, I set off to find this special package. Turns out, 1200 is an apartment building too, but unlike my building, they do not have a doorman. So there I was, at 7am, standing outside a locked building, able to see the package in the lobby, and unable to get inside to get it! I was so frustrated, especially since I just walked 9 blocks for no package. I headed back later in the day with a plan: study on the stairs until someone with a key came and let me in (yes, genius, I know). Thank God, about 5 seconds after I sat down, a guy walked up and allowed me to follow him into the building. Turns out, the package was a pumpkin pie- a very delicious Maw-Maw made pie! I guess all the drama was worth it. Through it all, I just kept thinking, “this would never happen in NC” haha. But where else do you get to walk 18 blocks, stalk an apartment building, and end up with a homemade pie- only in Philly baby!
It did hit me, I will also spend my next birthday in this city…. kind of crazy (especially when you think where I was and what I was doing a year ago). I definitely made a wish before blowing out my candles.
Love you,
Courtney
Just for fun, here are the places we went on my birthday night (all of the places were within walking distance from my apartment, I do love this city):
http://www.fujimt.com/apps.php
http://www.continentalmidtown.com/
http://www.byblosphilly.com/home.html
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