01/06/08 - happy birthday to you

ugh.
waked up by the alarm at 8 am.
reason:cath needs to get to sacramento around 10, and shes's gotta drop me off at bart on the way.

as she's packing to stay with her sister in chico and getting ready, we chit-chat with her mom, talking about me going to visit cath in nashville and to fly with southwest when my own mommy actually calls me. she's called to wish me a happy birthday and to say she'll pick me up when i get to el cerrito plaza bart. i actually really miss her at the moment for some reason and can't wait to see her. cath and i are out the door, and start driving to bart, remarking on how it is slightly surprising that they're playing harvey danger on live105. after sloshing back through the flooded parking lot, cath and i say our goodbyes, and i sluggishly walk into the station and get on my richmond bound train at which point i call my mother to update her on my whereabouts. we talk for a bit about the night's previous events and after her call i put the earphones in and listen to the cab the entire way back. i call my mom again once i get off bart only to find she's already in the parking lot. bless her heart, my mom is already walking towards me to give me a big hug.

i'm running on three hours of sleep and she senses this. she suggests we go out for coffee, which we end up doing later. we go home, get changed, then head to oakland, so she can work for a bit and catch up. i chill on the mac and do some youtubing. we go to neldam's to pick up some sort of little cakes to celebrate my 17th (my mom has already gone out and gotten some champagne) and go home to check the dog before going out again. we're supposed to get my new phone today: the sidekick slide, but after traveling to every t-mobile store in the east bay, we're informed that they won't be in until tuesday. we head home, have a cake or two, and iris and i go to dinner for my bday. we decide to go to barney's where we talk about....boys, the usual. we take a nice but freezing walk hoe, and i collapse in my mom's room, and we eat cake, drink champagne and watching dogma. once over, i turn in early at 11 while reading kevin smith's new book. i pass out two pages in to catch up on the lack of sleep i've been getting.