The Terrifying and Awkward 5 Second Event on my Birthday

Yesterday was my birthday. Now I don't celebrate my birthday very hardcore because that attention is awkward and it's almost always during Lent when I'm restricted in my eating and activities. But it wouldn't be a Cara Watson Birthday without some sort of awkward or terrifying moment.

Last night I had 3 friends over to watch Saturday Morning cartoons and eat cereal and 90s breakfast foods to celebrate my aging. My friends were late. So I had unlocked my front door so when they came they could just let themselves in instead of me having to run across my apartment. Well, at around 7:20 I hear my front door open. Thinking it was my coworker/bestest-friend-ever Mikey Campbell, I started moving forward towards my door to tease, "so you think you can just let yourself in automatically now, eh?"

When I turned the corner to my stairs who I saw was not my coworker/bestest-friend-ever. It was in fact, a very large stranger wearing "gangsta" clothing (for lack of a better description) about to climb up my front stairs in my apartment.

Before I had any time to react and tell him to get out, he shouted, "I'M SO DRUNK!" and then his friend pulled him by the back of his shirt out of my apartment shutting the door muttering something like he was a moron.

After that happened, I pulled my phone out and grabbed a broom in my efforts in case it happened again. My plan in case stuff like that happens is to shoo them out and if that doesn't work to scream for my shirtless neighbor. He would come running to rescue me, I'm sure of it.

The men hung around for a few more minutes because they were waiting for the bus (the bus stop is next to the deli on the other side- hence why they were waiting near my door). But they didn't cause any other trouble which is good, I think.

Valentine's Day Mail

I used to hate Valentine's Day- mainly because I'm forever single on this day and therefore it never seemed any different except that all coupled-up friends disappeared that day. Now I don't seem to mind it. It's that holiday where you can make everyone in your life feel special without them really expecting it. I feel like us single people should take more advantage of it. Next year, I'm buying my 70 yr old parents Chia pets.

The only thing I recieved for Valentine's day was some roses from my mother (bc our paths didn't cross since New Year's) and this:

It's a 2012 calendar but he ripped out January and put a heart sticker next to his name. And by 'he' this came from my real estate agent that helped me find my apartment back in August. The envelope had 2 'love' stickers on it and a cupid stamp to seal the back of the envelope. I want to think of it as a very belated New year's card but the heart throws me off for assuming that. 

Somehow I don't think this is his normal mail that he sends out to his former clients. At least, I sure hope it's not because I'm sufficiently weirded out by it. 

So yea, it was another normal, low-key Valentine's Day for me. Happy Belated Valentine's Day and Happy President's Day!