When you turn 17 you can see R rated movies, 21 you can drink, what about when you turn 24? For me, I got a new car. It’s new for me at least; I was driving a ’99 Ford Taurus and now I drive a 2009 Nissan Versa. The one day I am late for work in the year I’ve been at PPG was my birthday. When I left for work I didn’t see how close I was to the car in front of me and smashed into it. That car hit the car in front of them and my air bags deployed. I was fine, no bruises or concussion, just sore the next day. I totaled my car and probably the car I hit.
My birthday celebration actually started the weekend before my birthday. I went home to get my snow tires and celebrate with my family. We went to JW Halls for dinner and I got a free birthday dessert. While I was home my mom asked if I was saving money because I would need to make a down payment on a car once the Taurus (Toby) dies. Well…she jinxed me. She said I didn’t want my brother to have one up on me, he recently rear ended someone but didn’t total the car. My brother and I have both had 2 accidents and each accident was within a year of each other. So we’re even now.
Monday, the week of my birthday, I went out with my coworkers to celebrate mine and Allison’s birthday. We also had free dessert! When I arrived to work Wednesday, about 2 hours late instead of 40 minutes, my cubicle was decorated and we had Reese cupcakes, yum! I had to take the stuff out of Toby on Friday and Jeff helped. We went to dinner afterward, Marti joined us, and we celebrated my birthday again! I got another free dessert. 
The last day I celebrated my birthday was Saturday when I went to Big Bang with Marti, Teal, Dawn, and Mark. My goal was to get drunk and I most certainly did! I was on stage twice, the first time to dance and sing the Hokey Pokey and the second time was YMCA. After I had a couple drinks, I started singing the ‘O-H-I-O’ during Hang on Sloopy. YMCA was right before we left and I was drunk at this point. I started singing ‘Y-M-C-A’ way early. Since I didn’t eat dinner before I went to the bar, Dawn and Mark took me to McDonald’s and I got a Happy Meal. A birthday celebration is not complete until you’ve had a McDonald’s Happy Meal.
