birthdays are wonderful

Yesterday was my friend's (aka my roommate L.) birthday. She turned 19. My friend and I had this little plan to surprise her. My friend (Chauncey) took a bus from Santa Barbara and arrived here yesterday morning. I told L. that my brother's girlfriend was picking me up to go pick up my brother at the airport. But really, my brother and his girlfriend picked me up to go pick up Chauncey. Haha. We had her so fooled. She had no idea. She was so surprised that she screamed when she saw Chauncey standing outside our door.

My brother took us all out to breakfast and then dropped us back at out place. Then the three of us went to Pier 39. We were blessed with such a beautiful day. The sun was shining and everything. It was so nice that we just walked from Pier 1 to Pier 39. The cable cars were full anyway.

We watched a street performer juggle all these crazy things, and we looked around the shops and took pictures. It was a nice time. We ate dinner at Hard Rock Cafe. I blurted to the waiter that it was my friend's birthday, and he brought her ice cream and announced it to everyone. He was really nice. Afterwards, we all got waffle cones at this ice cream stand.

So it was a wonderful time. Before, L. was depressed because she didn't want to turn 19. Now, she was really happy to be 19 and surrounded by friends.