Jasmin's birthday was the 2nd of January. Yayy, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! While she was away in Guam for a couple weeks, Erin and I decided that we'd surprise her with a party, but we realized that to really make it a surprise we'd need to act like there was nothing suspicious. So we asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday. We planned it, we made an event, and we invited all her friends. But little did she know that this event wouldn't be the only one that weekend...
My post about the holidays continues at this point. Jasmin and I were hanging out at our friend's New Year's party, and at around 8pm we began to get tired and headed back home. Upon finally arriving back after gas and groceries (x_X), I led Jasmin into her apartment unsuspectingly. She rounded the corner into the kitchen and SURPRISE!!! A huge group of her friends were there to greet her, some in pajamas for an old-fashioned slumber party. ^_^ Even those who couldn't stay the whole night, she really appreciated you coming and truly surprising her with this event. We watched movies in Hello Kitty party hats, and counted down at midnight just like we had the night before. Then, CAKE!! Our friend Liz had made a banging 6? 7 layer red velvet cake? In any case, it was amazing, and the cream cheese frosting tasted like cheesecake on its own, with flowers made of marshmallows placed around it. I'm actually still making my way through it to this day.
The party went late and numbers began dwindling, but those who remained found some space on the floor or couch and went to sleep. In the morning, we had breakfast with waffles, eggs, bacon, and scrapple. Then Jasmin opened presents and it was very exciting. She got cute tupperware, a computer case, a weighing scale, a home-made hat, and a sewing machine. More friends started arriving for that day's activities. The event that Jasmin knew about included lunch at Chipotle, roller skating, go karts, and whatever else, but we were so full from breakfast that we pushed Chipotle back to dinner (I was so full that I didn't eat for the rest of the day).
Once everyone was gathered and ready for the day, we went to go roller skating. As we drove by the go karts, there was no one there and we figured that it must have closed due to being so freaking cold. As for roller skating, I hadn't gone since middle school, so I was a bit hesitant to see how much (or how little) I would remember. To my great surprise, after strapping on some inlines I was ready to go like I had just skated yesterday. I suppose it's like riding a bike, retaining muscle memories so that I didn't even have to think about skating backwards. Jasmin was doing well too, and our friends as well (apart from a few unfortunate spills). All-in-all everyone agreed that this was a great idea and that it was a lot of fun.
We went straight to Chipotle afterward and entertained the idea of seeing a movie later. However, everyone was exhausted and that probably would have ended in all of us sleeping through it, assuming we could afford a ticket at this time of year. So we got some drinks and batteries and went home to hang out and play some Rock Band. We also played cards and other games into the night, until the last person left sometime after 10pm. So in the end the party was over 24 hours long, and some actually stayed that long, haha.
Thanks everyone for coming and wishing Jasmin a happy birthday! She had a great time on her first birthday state-side. ^_^
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Talked to Jasmine a bit about it. I'm glad she had a good time!
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