And thanks to my new found house mates I had a rather lovely birthday too. For once I also got an extra bit of lie in too (well, more like I got up earlier, but still) since Canada's clocks only went back this weekend.
So having had a lovely lie in I got up and check emails, made breakfast etc. Then I went to the gym - been doing rather a lot of that lately (it's only two blocks away - genius!) - which my housemates thought was an abomination - "The gym?! On you birthday? On a sunday?" "Yup". So that was fun, and made the pizza and pie all the more tasty a little later on.
When Hannah had got back in from her training
for her new job (9am on a sunday!) I was presented with many wonderour things. Not in the least a shiny floaty balloon, which I fear I shall never grow out of. I also got peppermint tea, which i have been pining for, but unwilling to pay nearly 4 quid a box... and some jasmine tea, which I haven't tried yet. Finally, after some sneaky and genuinely quite sly detective work the day before hand, they decided that lemon meringue pie would more than suffice as cake. And they were very much correct.Come early evening we had a glass of wine while playing Yahtzee - a game that i had brought the day before for the grand sum of $2 (rather pleased with it!). Then we met up with various other Vancouverites and went out for Italian and then for drinks.
Our waitress was very obliging as well, and stuck all 24 candles into the (by now) rather squished meringue, but clearly the effort was worth it...
Twas a lovely evening :)
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your various birthday greetings. All of which were well received with thanks :)
And I shall leave you with a final picture of the esteemed organisers - my flatmates - Hannah on the left and Tabitha on the right.
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