But you have 364 UNbirthdays

What a whirlwind weekend. I tend to say that about quite a few weekends, but it's especiall true for this one. Friday night was Diamond Ball, my sorority formal invite. It's always so fun to get dressed up fancy. I felt extremely dressed up because I wore my prom dress which I love and Nana did my hair all nice. If it had been up to me to do my hair, I'm sure it wouldve ended up pulled back in a frizzy ponytail, but Nana made it very beautiful and it didn't get frizzy...even in the rain. I think that a curse has been put on me. No matter what time of the year, it always rains on big sorority events. In October, it rained on Presents where we all had to dress up in fancy white dresses. And now diamond ball. But a little rain never hurt anyone and it didn't put a damper on my evening either. Pat was awesome enough to agree to drive up from San Diego. We met up with a group and went to dinner at Wokanos which is a most excellent sushi place in downtown. Luckily we had an umbrella, but some couples didn't have anything so the guys ended up covering the girls with their coats. We met the rest of the sorority at the house and loaded onto the buses, not knowing where we were going (you never find out at invites until you get there, but it's usually always a cool venue.) Diamond ball was at The Biltmore Hotel which was SUPER fancy. Everything was gold colored and the ballroom reminded me of the ballroom from Beauty and the Beast. I had agreed to be a senior sister which meant we had to go out and buy flowers and present them to the senior at the dance, but my senior didn't come to the dance so I was left with a boquet of flowers. They now decorate our apartment table. The rest of the night was so fun with dancing and hanging out with sorority sisters. I love dancing. Seriously guys, invite me to your frat invites. I will dance. I will dance A LOT. Thanks again to pat for being a kickass date and to all the people who said I look nice. It made me feel good.

Saturday was spent in a zoned out stupor because I slept in late and was still worn out from friday. I went out to a pre-birthday dinner at CPK with just a few USC friends. It was lovely. Order the tostado pizza. Sounds weird at first, but is actually quite delicious. Then today is my real birthday! I am officially 20 years old. For a while, it seemed like 20 was an insignificant year, but it's the official mark of entering your "20's." I can say I'm a twenty-something now and not a teenage anymore. Turning 21 will probably be more exciting, but this does kind of seem like jumping over into a whole other bracket. To celebrate, I went home to valencia to hang with my family. I went to church in the morning and helped teach the kids' R.E. Then we sped over to The Odyssey restaurant. It's a beautiful restaurant overlooking all of the san fernando valley. You can see straight down the 405 freeway to the hills on a clear day. I ate at least 5 pounds of food; it was ridiculous. I don't care if I blow up like a balloon. It was delicious and worth it.

I got a slew of wonderful gifts including Gilmore Girls 2nd season, stationary and a beyond incredible calligraphy set (shut up, i like to write letters and if you want me to send you a letter you best not make fun), a pretty journal, and some books from my family. Then an amoeba gift certificate from brig, an itunes gift certificate from cait and a best buy gift card from Connor that he ever so slyly left on my doorstep for me to find. Thanks to everyone for making today so great, and now I'm off to study french and freak out that my photo negatives came out too dark.

Songfest will be interesting. That is all.