Thank you all for the Happy Birthday wishes! I've found that I always have low expectations for my birthdays abroad, probably due to a lack of mail year round, but following suit with my best birthday ever (the one in France), this year's birthday was better than I thought it could be. From e-cards, emails, messages, and wall posts, I was sent love from all my friends at home as well as my friends here. We had a big March birthday party for the 11(?) of us with birthdays this month on Saturday, which was a little boring because it was impersonal and the DJ was making poor music choices, as usual. However, on my actually birthday we went out to dinner at a Thai food restaurant and then for ice cream at Dairy Queen. Nearly
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