My Birthday 2015

It's just about impossible for me to keep up with posting about every damn thing I do so I'll summarize the bits I haven't typed up yet:

We found out NKOTB would be performing at Mandalay Bay in Vegas again one week before my birthday and TLC and Nelly would be headlining for them! No question about it; we HAD to go! We checked Craigslist way in advance and were able to get our hands on tickets for $30 each, I believe it was. Finally,  5/1/15 rolled around and it was concert time! The traffic on the way was insane though so we missed a lot of Nelly's performance. Luckily, he was on stage for quite awhile so when we finally got to our seats there was still plenty of time to hear him perform some of his hits. We were a little disappointed that he pretty much yelled every one of his songs, rather than singing them, but still...it was Nelly! I'd never expected to see him in person. Wow. After Nelly, TLC (well, the remaining two members) came on. It was our first time seeing them live too. Couldn't believe we got to hear No Scrubs live. Of course, we had to sing along! Finally, NKOTB made their appearance. Omg.... They were SOOOO good! No matter how many times we see them I really just never get enough!! We sang along to just about every song they performed and by the end of the night I could hardly talk let alone hear. Worth it!! All in all, the concert lasted about 4.5 hours. Best use of $60 or so and definitely the best early birthday present ever!

Throughout the weeks before and around my birthday, various primarily food-related businesses sent me birthday coupons to use, usually for a free menu item at their restaurant. We used SO MANY and got SO MUCH free food! I gave up on keeping track of all of it but the birthday coupons we redeemed for free food included these: IHOP meal, El Pollo Loco tostada, Baskin Robbins ice cream scoop, Del taco milkshake, another El Pollo loco tostada, Coco's Bakery pie slice, Jamba Juice smoothie, Auntie Anne's pretzel, Red Mango frozen yogurt, Cane's drink, another IHOP meal, another Baskin Robbins ice cream scoop, Buffalo Wild Wings snack size boneless wings, Schlotzky's small sandwich, Ruby Tuesday's burger, Gameworks meal (and 4 game cards for myself and the 3 friends I'd brought with me: Sean, Danny, and Ryan), and more!

One day, we redeemed 3 deals in one spot! We went to the Excalibur and used coupons to get an Auntie Anne's free bday pretzel, Krispy Kreme free bday soda and donut, and Tropical Smoothie free bday smoothie. Afterwards, Sean played a credit of PIU, I played a credit of DDR, and we played a couple of other fun games together.

5/8/15 - My Birthday!:

I couldn't sleep much and woke up at like 1:20am but I got an awesome start to my birthday! I spent just over an hour longer cuddling up to Sean and trying to sleep. Omg..His amazing body felt so incredible snuggled up to mine! I finally gave up on sleep though and decided to open presents! Sean's mom had sent me a super yummy, fun birthday package and card and I still had the cheesecake we'd gotten from Coco's the day before so we opened gifts and pigged out while watching The Simpsons. Then Sean spent about 30 minutes working while I mended an old pair of pants. Not sure why but I really wanted to spend my time that way. Next, Sean ran a candlelit bubble bath while we listened to ITG songs. Lol Finally, a little before 6am, we had a quick shot of some peppermint alcohol and we were ready to head out!

Our neighbors had left some cool furniture and stuff outside their houses so we scooped that up quickly. Then we drove down to Denny's to get my first free grand slam of the day to share!

Denny's was yummy and didn't take long at all. Most places were still closed when we finished eating but we went to Walmart to get 151, wine, and car oil. Dunkin Donuts was just down the street so we used a voucher we had to get Sean a free tea. We did some grocery shopping at Smith's after that and went home to drop things off.

At home, we had a little wine and did some house work and other work but around 10am it was time to head back out. We went to Goodwill first to donate some things and use the vouchers we got from donating to get some new things we found there.

We drove towards the Boulevard Mall after that, stopping at Baja Fresh on the way to use a birthday coupon they'd sent me for a free burrito with purchase of a large drink. They even gave us free chips with our order and the burrito was delicious!

I was already pretty full when we got to the mall so I couldn't use most of my vouchers for food and drink places there but I did get a delicious, free Mochalatta birthday drink from Cinnabon. SOOOO yummy! Birthdays are very tasty. Lol

Right by Cinnabon was a little kiosk for a dental office. They had some really good prices and were very willing to work with us so we booked dental appointments with them for the following week and they sent us away with goody bags full of snacks and toothbrushes!

After that, we walked to the arcade and played a credit together on DDR.

Leaving the mall, we saw a thrift store across the street that we hadn't visited in awhile. We stopped in briefly and found a couple of bits to buy from the super cool owner there.

We tried to go to Circus Circus to ride their El Loco rollercoaster but the area was way too busy due to the RockinRio event that was going on so we bailed on that and headed up to the northwest side of town with the top down on the car listening to NKOTB, including their song Happy Birthday To You, all the way!

We were going to a 3pm ice skating session at the Fiesta Rancho casino but we had a couple of hours to kill til then so we drove up Rancho a bit to find something to do. We found a Savers and a 99 Cent Store so we went to wander around. We stopped in a pawn shop there too but didn't buy anything.

Feeling sleepy then, we got a $1.07 energy drink refill from Rebel across the street.

We saw an army surplus store and went in to look around but everything was brand new and ridiculously expensive.

Then we saw a Wienerschnitzel/Subway combo. Weird! Sean had a coupon for a free chili dog at Wienerschnitzel so we went in and got it to share. Not sure we were even hungry but can't pass up a chili dog!

Finally, it was 3pm and we made our way over to Fiesta Rancho for ice skating! We'd gotten the best Groupon deal ever so it was practically free for us to skate for as long as we wanted between 3 and 6pm but we had more than enough fun in half the time. We totally sucked and Sean's ankles ended up really sore from it but it was way more fun and funny than we'd expected. Best of all, there were only a few other people on the ice so we had plenty of room to goof off!

Afterward, we had a peek in the small, music-game-free arcade in the ice rink area. Then we went to the other arcade just outside the arena and played a credit together on their DDR Extreme! Pads weren't completely perfect but they were very good. :)

After DDR, we went to one of the casino bars for dollar margaritas which we took into the Denny's there so I could get another birthday Grand Slam. So many birthday deals! They even brought us an extra side of free pancakes with our meal!

Having been up for so long and having not gotten much sleep to begin with, we were feeling very tired then. We'd bought hour passes for 9-10pm for the lights-off thing they do Friday and Saturday nights at an indoor air sports (trampolines, foam pits, etc.) place called Gravady. It was only 6pm at the time though so we decided to use the spare hours to get a nap in. We drove to a park 1 or 2 minutes from Gravady, rolled a blanket and some pillows out on the grass, and cuddled up for a nap. It was a cold day and getting colder as it got later so we knew we couldn't stay out there for too long but once it got too cold we went back to the car and cuddled in the passenger's seat instead.

At 8:40pm, we finally got up again and drove over to Gravady. Ryan, Danny, Avery, Naomi, Morgan, and two of their friends who we hadn't met before met us there. The time slot we'd booked there was for 15y/o's and up only but there were a lot of teens there and even the people in our group were mostly pretty young. It didn't matter much though. We just minded our own business and had a great time getting sore and bruised up! When we'd first planned the night, we thought we were just going to a regular trampoline place so we were pleasantly surprised to find all the other treats waiting for us inside when we arrived! We tried just about everything in the place from slackline walking to cargo net climbing to foam pit jumping.. The hour seemed to go kinda fast but only because we had so much fun!

Once we were done at Gravady, the younger half of our group had to leave but Ryan, Danny, Sean, and I drove 0.8 miles, I believe it was, to our final Denny's of the day on Lake Mead and Tenaya. I didn't realize til we arrived but it was in the same shopping center as the Laser Quest I'd found the 4th Mix machine in 8 years ago and the Chuck E. Cheese's with Guitar Hero next door! Both were still open when we arrived so we decided to have a peek in each before going to eat. I think I'd either called or revisited quite awhile back to check whether the 4th Mix was still at Laser Quest and had discovered that it wasn't so I wasn't surprised when I arrived and they didn't have any dance games but at least I got to show everyone where it used to be. I asked an employee there what had happened to it. He said he didn't know where it'd ended up but that they'd taken it out because it kept breaking. Sad times. Next door, however, in the Chuck E. Cheese's that never used to have music games other than Guitar Hero (assuming I remember correctly), we found something a bit different: a Chuck E. Cheese branded Pump Jump machine! It was just like regular Pump Jump but I guess Andamiro had made a few design changes for Chuck E. Cheese's including putting their mascot (the mouse)'s head on the header area and putting the Chuck E. Cheese's characters on the start screen. Cool! There was a credit left in when we arrived so Sean and I shared the one song that a credit gave and tried it out. It really was just Pump Jump with a Chuck E. Cheese's mouse on it. Lol

Back on track, we got into Denny's a little before 11pm and had a fun meal chatting and goofing off for nearly an hour. I got my 3rd and final free Grand Slam of the day to share with Sean and the other guys got lots of random foods. Then we said goodnight and headed home.

Back home, Ryan and Danny went to their rooms, maybe to sleep, but Sean and I stayed up for a couple more hours snacking, sipping rum and other fun drinks, enjoying a warm bath to relax our achy leg muscles, and cuddling up to watch The Matrix. Then Sean spoiled me in bed with his tongue and sexed me up so good I practically melted afterwards and passed straight out in his arms. After a few minutes, he woke me up sweetly so we could brush teeth and wash up for the night and then we climbed back into bed together and he held me all night while we caught up on some much needed rest. Such a wonderful end to such a perfect birthday!!

5/9/15 - Party Day!

Sean and I spent the day cleaning and prepping the house for my birthday party but when 8pm rolled around it was time to put the work down, greet people, and start getting crazy! It didn't take me long to start on the shots and get the night going so most of the details on what all went on after that are a bit hazy but I know I drank A LOT; played a few songs on ITG including birthday charts made for me by Danny, Fox, and Stevie (thank you!!!!!), jumped in our partially filled pool we'd just cleaned out earlier the same day fully clothed; went skinny dipping with Sean, Afro, and Steven Eckhouse, maybe others? (though I think they actually might've kept their boxers on, I can't rember!) later; BBQ'd some hot dogs to share with everyone; made some Caribou Lou (151, Malibu, and pineapple) to share with Sean and mayyyybe others?; smoked hookah with everyone; fell down like 4 times including unintentionally back flipping off the DDR Solo machine's bar when all I was trying to do was sit on it; and got dropped on my back on the pool stairs which were not yet covered with water (OUCH!). All in all an awesome night! Lol Jesse brought his dj equipment for the party and got people dancing. I'd made a red velvet cake before the party and tried to get it out and eat it discreetly but somehow everyone caught on, grabbed the cake from me, and sang Happy Birthday to me before I could dig in. Sean even brought sparklers down to use as birthday candles in the cake! It was hard to tell exactly how many people showed up to the party and the number definitely wasn't what it would've been years ago but I think there were at least around 30 guests. Unfortunately, I eventually got too drunk and had to abandon my own party. Sean told me that I passed out in a chair briefly with someone hugging on my legs, then I apparently made my way onto the stairs where I passed out again, and finally I was escorted to my room by Steven Eckhouse. There, I spent a good while puking in the trash can. I wanted Sean with me but Steven stayed there with me instead. He promised to take care of me and helped me to puke in the trash but never went to get Sean. After awhile, however, Sean noticed my absence and came upstairs looking for me. He found me almost unconscious on the bed, completely wasted, looking like I was about to get raped! Steven left the room then and I had Sean send everyone home. I was done!

5/10/14 - Hangover Day:

It was so hard getting out of bed today. I was reeeally hungover but guess it was to be expected. Worth it anyway!

When I finally did get up, I found Josh/Nova and Arthur asleep downstairs. Sean and I spent most of our day hanging with them, chatting and looking at songs on ITG. We played a few songs but almost exclusively just sat and watched the arrows scroll by. Lol

When we were all awake and recovered enough to leave the house, we went to IHOP to get some food. Ryan and Danny were in and out of the house but didn't join us for IHOP. It was Mother's Day so Danny was hanging with his family and Ryan was doing his own thing. Because it was Mother's Day, IHOP was pretty busy with families eating together to celebrate. Arthur and Josh are two of the loudest people I know though, Josh is one of the most vulgar, and we were all a mess so we almost got kicked out of the restaurant several times during our meal. Lol It was too ridiculous!

I don't remember a lot of the rest of the day, aside from just sitting at home in front of ITG and watching arrows scroll by, but at some point Arthur left. Josh stayed and hung out with us for a long while, which was a lot of fun, and at some point Sean and I ended up watching the Matrix and eating Golden China. Perfect way to wind down from a great birthday!