Birthday Love

Well, April 18th has come and gone, and while it seemed really short (as all good things do), it was great! Now, when I begin to tell you exactly what my birthday consisted of, you're going to probably be thinking, "you're birthday was great?" Don't believe me? Well here is what my birthday primarily consisted of.

Work.

Yes, work. Me sitting in front of computer all day and currently now at night. Of course I did get up, eat, take a nap, check my email, and do some other stuff, but it mainly consisted of me working. Now...its not totally bad. Working means that I'm making money, because my job does, afterall, depend on how busy I am to be making any sort of real money (because I work as a freelance designer). So...being not busy is not really good (even though its good for relaxation) because it means that I'm in the poor house. But of course, working on your birthday isn't all that great either.

So...you're probably asking now, "You're birthday was great?" I told you, you would. And no, work did not make my birthday great. But I will tell you what did. Friends. My birthday doesn't so much remind me of how old I am, but more of how many friends I have, and how grateful I am to have so many friends. I received an unbelievable number of facebook wallposts and messages, emails, text messages, and phone calls from friends I speak to often, and those who I haven't spoken to in a long while, and everyone's well wishes really reminded me of how lucky I am to have so many friends in my life. My friends are really what made my birthday great (not the work), so thank you to everyone for sending so much aloha my way.

Of course...there is also one other thing that made my birthday great...dinner with my landlord. Now unless you know Andy, you're probably really thinking, "okay, this guy has been spending too much time in front of the computer. Dinner with your landlord?!?" But that's right folks, my landlord Andy, probably the best landlord I will EVER have, took me out to a fantastic dinner at Alan Wong's "The Pineapple Room" in the esteemed Ala Moana shopping center. To roughly sum up the expensive meal, I ate a fantastic Kiawe grilled steak, a pear salad, some sort of chocolate desert I can't remember the name of (but was incredibly delicious), martinis, wine, cognac, and some awesome Kau coffee. The dessert was actually compliments of the restaurant because it was my birthday, and they even wrote "happy birthday Adam" on the plate!" All in all, a fantastic meal, with my fantastic landlord, and my (of course) fantastic housemates (David and Kelsey).

So, even though I spent most of my day working, I really couldn't have asked for a whole lot more on my birthday. (okay...maybe I could've asked for no work to do) Thank you everyone!! I really appreciate and love you all!

P.S. I really need to start getting some posts with pictures, don't I? =P