My Eighteenth Birthday

My birthday was January 8th and might I say that it was very good. My mother surprised me with beautiful decorations and so many giraffes (my favourite animal). Of course the question was asked, "Now that you are eighteen, how do you feel?" Which lead me to this blog post.

To me age is a number, it is maturity that counts. The only issue with this is that often times maturity is depicted with age. I had to grow up very quickly in my earlier years (which you will read about in my auto-biography posts), because of this I matured much faster than most my age do. More so than the usual "older than your agers" So when I was faced with this question I simply said that I feel no different, I just finally have the number to go with my feelings. Eighteen being the legal adult age, I have many more freedoms and obligations. I do not feel the stress however, as I said, I am the same.

My question for you friends, do your feelings change with age? Or do you find age irrelevant? Hmm...

As far as the events that went with my birthday; the boy I was dating, my best friend, and I broke up. Do not worry, we are going to try again later. Right now there is a lot going on in his life and the obligation of a relationship is an avoidable stress, which I completely understand. We did not break up on my birthday however, three hours before (four and thirty-six minutes if you want to get technical) 9:00 pm. He stayed up with me til 12:00 am so that he could be the first to wish me happy birthday. That was the most special part of the whole day.

I did not sleep at all, literally. Every time I tried I just started crying. It is okay friends, I was okay. I was just feeling bummed but I am fine. **Side note, never be ashamed or afraid to cry! Not only is it good for your health, it can be the sanity boost you need** So as you can imagine I was tired for my birthday events. My friends Abby and Michelle were there. We all went to this absolutely delicious restaurant. I was in heaven! I had my nose ring changed to an eternity ring
(seamless ring that you need pliers to remove from the nose), which I love! It hurt though, a lot more than the piercing itself. Did I mention that I am a pierced princess?



My hair use to be pink then that is a different nose ring too, hehe. My hair is now super dark chocolate brown and fierce red. I do my hair myself because it saves me money and I am very picky and precise.



I then saw the movie Sherlock Holmes, it was amazing! The next day I went to a different piercing parlor and had my lip pierced. That did not hurt either but getting the jewelry in was not pleasant.



All in all it was a very fun birthday with good company and spirits. I think that birthdays are important, each moment alive is important. Very few take the time to acknowledge their existence and a birthday leaves almost no excuse! Though I like them so much because it gives me an excuse to give people presents. See, I am a giver and that gets me into financial problems more than it should. Something I will work on, yes? Oh the life of a princess (or any sort of person for that matter) is always full of improvements!