Two parties and a funeral
Sosleeeepy.
So, I had a good birthday yesterday. Lots of lovely good wishes in the morning, beginning with Jase giving me a hard drive (... tehe :P) as the first pressie of the day, followed with some really thoughtful/fitting presents from his parents, some lovely little gifts from marinaobeckham and a birthday podcast (!!) from a friend in Germany!
Work was fairly normal, with a bit of fun juggling with a co-worker in the morning , lunch with Jase at Salamanca, and cake in the afternoon.
In the evening I held a mini party at my place... the idea was that I thought it would be mini, due to the fact that I'd only given people a few days notice. And so I took it on as the overall theme, and bought lots of mini food! There were mini hamburger and pizza lollies, mini m&ms, mini muffins and vodka and midori jelly shots (not mini, but they're mini-sized drinks). Yummo!
Some shenanigans took place. Mainly involving mini umbrellas and mini skirts (I wore one! *gasp*).
Unfortunately, I felt I was running around between groups of people most of the night... it's a bit silly, I probably should've settled down and spent some decent time with a few people instead of trying to spread myself thinly around everyone. Hopefully I think most people had fun, and no-one was tooooo lonely. It's always hard though, especially when you're inviting a few different groups of friends :-\
Strangely... contrasting to the party last night, I went to a funeral today, for a family friend. Being the first funeral I've been to, it was quite... emotional for me. I had been terribly sad to hear of his passing away when my parents first told me a week or so ago - "Uncle" Patrick and his wife had been good friends with my parents for quite a while, and we used to go over to dinner at their place a lot when I was younger (but not so much recently) - but it hadn't really sunk in until I turned up to the cathedral today. I was really quite teary, partly of course for him, partly seeing his family and close friends being so stoic, but partly because it brought up all the thoughts and worries I have about mortality.
I feel kinda surreal writing about it now, since I'm (horribly egotistically) thinking about... what it might be like for someone having to write or feel the same way about me one day :| No, I really shouldn't go down that track. I get so scared at the thought of dying, myself... and of my loved ones dying. I've been very lucky, in that I've never had anyone very close to me die. Or at least, that I can remember very well - my grandma died when I was maybe 7 or so. I've said this before, but it kinda makes me wish that I was religious, so I could have that ... mental support.
Oops, I said I wouldn't go down that track. *shutsup* (for the moment)
Hanyway... after coming home and finding that (lovely, wonderful) Jase had cleaned up the house in my absence (!!)... so, being kinda wiped out for the day and also having an evening gathering to go to, we had an afternoon nap. The gathering was fun - a group of frisbee people. I thought I was going to be way too tired to even stick it out for an hour, but we ended up staying until 12! Which is pretty impressive for me, especially considering my lack of enough sleep last night! Credit to the nice, fun and friendly frisbee people for making the time go so quickly ;) *soppiness*
*yawns* Bed time now.
So, I had a good birthday yesterday. Lots of lovely good wishes in the morning, beginning with Jase giving me a hard drive (... tehe :P) as the first pressie of the day, followed with some really thoughtful/fitting presents from his parents, some lovely little gifts from marinaobeckham and a birthday podcast (!!) from a friend in Germany!
Work was fairly normal, with a bit of fun juggling with a co-worker in the morning , lunch with Jase at Salamanca, and cake in the afternoon.
In the evening I held a mini party at my place... the idea was that I thought it would be mini, due to the fact that I'd only given people a few days notice. And so I took it on as the overall theme, and bought lots of mini food! There were mini hamburger and pizza lollies, mini m&ms, mini muffins and vodka and midori jelly shots (not mini, but they're mini-sized drinks). Yummo!
Some shenanigans took place. Mainly involving mini umbrellas and mini skirts (I wore one! *gasp*).
Unfortunately, I felt I was running around between groups of people most of the night... it's a bit silly, I probably should've settled down and spent some decent time with a few people instead of trying to spread myself thinly around everyone. Hopefully I think most people had fun, and no-one was tooooo lonely. It's always hard though, especially when you're inviting a few different groups of friends :-\
Strangely... contrasting to the party last night, I went to a funeral today, for a family friend. Being the first funeral I've been to, it was quite... emotional for me. I had been terribly sad to hear of his passing away when my parents first told me a week or so ago - "Uncle" Patrick and his wife had been good friends with my parents for quite a while, and we used to go over to dinner at their place a lot when I was younger (but not so much recently) - but it hadn't really sunk in until I turned up to the cathedral today. I was really quite teary, partly of course for him, partly seeing his family and close friends being so stoic, but partly because it brought up all the thoughts and worries I have about mortality.
I feel kinda surreal writing about it now, since I'm (horribly egotistically) thinking about... what it might be like for someone having to write or feel the same way about me one day :| No, I really shouldn't go down that track. I get so scared at the thought of dying, myself... and of my loved ones dying. I've been very lucky, in that I've never had anyone very close to me die. Or at least, that I can remember very well - my grandma died when I was maybe 7 or so. I've said this before, but it kinda makes me wish that I was religious, so I could have that ... mental support.
Oops, I said I wouldn't go down that track. *shutsup* (for the moment)
Hanyway... after coming home and finding that (lovely, wonderful) Jase had cleaned up the house in my absence (!!)... so, being kinda wiped out for the day and also having an evening gathering to go to, we had an afternoon nap. The gathering was fun - a group of frisbee people. I thought I was going to be way too tired to even stick it out for an hour, but we ended up staying until 12! Which is pretty impressive for me, especially considering my lack of enough sleep last night! Credit to the nice, fun and friendly frisbee people for making the time go so quickly ;) *soppiness*
*yawns* Bed time now.