Ah yes...I've been the big 21 for exactly two weeks now and I've been with Aaron (the offical count anyway) 3 months and two weeks. (which doesn't sound like much, but it's been incredible and we all know it's more like 2.5 years instead of 3.5 months)
It actually was a really awesome birthday. I know I had mentioned earlier that I was worried about it, but things went perfectly. Aaron had filming on my birthday, which meant that I couldn't kidnap him for the weekend as planned, but his roomamte was nice enough to leave us the room Saturday night so I could at least spend my birthday with Aaron.
So with Friday night free (don't get me wrong, being with Aaron was my first choice) I suddenly found myself with the option to have a traditional 21st birthday...going out at midnight on your birthday and all. So I called up Naya and Dave and asked if they wanted to go out for a little bit, just long enough for me to have a few beers, say "Woohoo, I'm 21" and then go home so I could get a good night's sleep so I could drive up to Ithaca at the ass crack of dawn to see Aaron.
Naya and Dave came over around 10ish and we hung out for a bit and then went out to Floods to get the celebration under way. Dave insisted I have Corona because now that I was 21, I needed to become a beer conossor and not just a beer drinker, which was fine with me. I had 3 beers, we all shared some wings and I was home by 1AM. Of course I got a great drunken phone call from Aaron when I got home, which was pretty ironic that it was my 21st birhtday but HE was the one who was wasted ;-)
The following morning I got up and drove up to Ithaca, which is about 2.5 hours away. The drive up always seems to take forever since I am so anxious to get there. I got there around 10:30 and we proceeded to go back to sleep for a bit. Then we ran some errands and then he went to filming. I watched The Simpsons with his roomamte for a while and then he came home and we went out to dinner. We stopped at a liquor store before dinner so I could make a few purchases and it was the greastest feeling being able to whip out my ID and get what I wanted. Then we went to Applebees and I got a beer with dinner. Once again, it's a great feeling.
Sunday we bummed around, ran some more errands and I left for home around 5. I couldn't have asked for a better birthday.
As Pat had told me Friday Oct 3rd, "The next month of your life is going to be completely different" (sorry if those weren't your exact words) but for the most part, it hasn't.
Last Friday went to Dan's apartment in Millersville for a charity cash bar, which I would have done being 20 or 21. Saturday Tracey and I went to the Renaissance Fair and being 21 allowed me to sample pretty bad wine, but really no difference.
The only time I think "Wow, I really am 21 now" is on Wednesday night's when Kim, Denise and I go out to Rudy's after our 7-10PM class (which has been getting out at 8:30 the past few weeks) to have a few beers and unwind after a long day. It's not about the drinking, it's about the socializing, but just the same, I couldn't go if I were 20.
But when it really comes down to it, I want to spend my weekends laying in bed with Aaron watching Sports Night, Family Guy or The Simpsons and not doing a damn thing. But at least now on the weekendswe're apart, I can at least fill my time with my friends as opposed to sitting at my computer doing nothing...which is exactly what I am doing tonight.
But as I said before...I am home tonight because I WANT to be home, not because I HAVE to be.
That is the best part of 21.