Monday, September 17, 2012

Birthday Shenanigans

Well, I’ve successfully made it to my nineteenth year. After all of my birthday madness on Wednesday, I can honestly say I’ve never felt so loved! So many people here at school helped to make my day so special.

My day started out in a way I could have never imagined. At midnight, I was in my room doing homework and my friend Travis called me to tell me that he had someone leave me a present outside of my suite. I walk out of my room to find all of my suitemates and my friend Kristen in the common room waiting for me with cupcakes! Then, my suitemate Shannon told me to go outside. I open the door to my common room to find 30 of my closest friends waiting outside in the hall. 30!!! Even some of my off campus friends! To say I was overwhelmed in that moment is an understatement. Everyone starting singing and I was given a Burger King crown and a cake. You see, my friends from my building have a tradition to surprise people at midnight on their birthday, and we always do the same thing for my friends in InterVarsity…but I didn’t expect both groups to surprise me! It was so crazy. We couldn’t even fit everyone in my room!

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Oh & I got caked….three times.

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My breakfast: a cupcake of course. My friend surprised me in the afternoon by taking me off campus to show me this amazing view of a valley! It was breath-taking! After my last class of the day, my friend Kristen and I went to Starbucks for some coffee to catch up. I even bought some pumpkin spice Via’s…so good. When I got back to campus, I found my common room decorated by my suitemates.

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Throughout the day, I came across random notes people wrote to me :) Finally, I ended the night with a surprise piƱata! That sucker was tough to kill!

Between the loving phone calls from home and all of the amazing ways I was surprised throughout the day, I truly felt loved. God has blessed me with so many wonderful people here and I am so grateful. I wouldn’t want to start my nineteenth year any other way, and I’m excited to see God’s plans for me this year!


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5 comments:

Victoria said...

what a wonderfully awesome birthday is sounds/looks like!

hope 19 is going superbly already :)

Katie Cook said...

Happy happy birthday sweet girl:) LOVE that you were so beautifully wrapped in love from others!!! what a blessings! love Katie

Samantha Shepherd said...

So so glad to see that those around you made sure you felt cherished on your special day! Sending you a belated birthday hug. :)

SK said...

Sounds like a blast! So glad you had a wonderful birthday!!!

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Kaitlin said...

Happy (belated) birthday, Sarah! Glad to hear it was a good one :) May the Lord bless you abundantly this next year!!