Keeping with tradition..

This post is waaaaay late, but in true Karen fashion, I figured a month late isn’t too bad. On May 6^th, I hit a huge milestone in my life. I finally turned 21! I mean being able to order Woodchuck on draft at Buffalo Wild Wings now is nice, but that’s not the reason I’m excited. It seems that when I say I’m married at 21, I don’t get nearly as many weird looks as I did when I said I was married when I was 18. You’d think I’d be used to it, but I’m not. First question is something along the lines of, how old is your baby. Apparently the only explanation of being married young is because of an unplanned pregnancy. Sorry to let everyone down, we just got married for that whole love thing. So I’m so happy to say that I’m married, and when they ask my age I can proudly say 21!

My day was great in that it was my first birthday evvvvver with Matthew home. It only took 3 years of him either working or being deployed or out of state for him to be home on my birthday! It was also my first birthday in Louisiana! Here is a little Karen fun fact for you guys. Age 18: Lived in Indiana. Age 19: Lived in Georgia. Age 20: Lived in North Carolina. Age 21: Lived in Lousiaian. Yep, how about that for well traveled. It’s nice to know that I’ll live in Louisiana for a while, so this year was the first of many birthdays here.

We live very close to a large casino, literally 1.2 miles. My parent and grandma sent me some cash to have a drink and gamble a little for my birthday. Another Karen fun fact, my maiden name is…. Gamble. I thought the odds were in my favor for that one, they were not…. not even a little bit. So sorry mom, dad and grandma, I lost all of your money.

Matthew took me to my favorite place, Buffalo Wild Wings. I don’t like beer or whiskey. But I do love Woodchuck and Bdubs happens to have it on draft. I was beyond excited. I finally got to taste of Woodchuck on draft, which I have to say, it tastes so much better than out of a bottle. I also took the opportunity to have a black cherry mojitos. It was all right, but I will be sticking to woodchuck.

Now, onto presents! Since I was 16, I’ve rocked out a 4gig IPod Nano literally since I was 15. I never delete music from my iTunes, but as you can imagine I’ve added a lot of music in the last few years. It got the point where I could literally only keep 1/8 of my library on my IPod. Talk about frustrating. Luckily, my amazing husband picked up on my frustrations so that was my birthday gift this year, a lovely 160 gig IPod. I have so much space that I don’t even know what to do with it all now.

As I mentioned before, my parents and grandparents gave me some cash for the casino as my gift. But my in laws got me something I desperately wanted and felt like I needed, a hair appointment.  It’s perfect for summer and I’m excited to see how fast my hair grows now that I have my dead ends cut off.

 Well, there you have it guys, my birthday even though it’s over a month late! Keep a look out for my posts about my parents other gift to me and also my Memorial Day weekend! Until next time!

-K