So...yesterday was the last day of my finals...and my birthday. So at Noon, I started drinking (after my 4 hour CivPro final-which I'm pretty sure I was the only person in my section who studied for based on the fact that everyone pretty much let out a big ol "whatever" during the thing and got done a half-hour before the time was up. No big deal.
So...law school peeps bought me shots...and I got to rambling and bumming cigarettes off of people, and before I knew it, it was 5 pm...and I'd been drinking for 5 hours...and it was dark outside. So I wandered my ass to the Grand metro station (P.S...you know that whole "most dangerous city in America thing" that we all ignored at WUSTL b/c we lived in a bubble? Yeah...SLU doesn't have that. The Grand metro is under the highway, and I think if It hadn't been 20 degrees outside and all the muggers were inside being lazy somebody totally would've relieved my drunk ass of my laptop/wallet/iPod.) where I had a nice conversation with my parents while drunk. I'm pretty sure it went something like this:
DRUNK NICK: HIMOMANDDADITSMYBIRTHDAYANDIMDONEWITHFINALSWOOO
Nick's Midwestern Parents: Hi Honey! We're glad you're...alive. Are you going home now? Are you driving?
DRUNK NICK: IMGOINGHOMEWEWENTOUTITWASFUNNOIMTAKINGTHETRAINIDONTLIKEFINALS
NMP: Oh...good for you honey. Well, be safe.
DN: OKBYELOVEYOU
Note: this is the first time in my life that I'm ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE my parents knew I was drunk when talking to them on the phone. Ironically, It's also the only time that I've ever thought they'd be okay with it. Because, let's be honest, if it was your son's birthday and he'd been locking himself in a room with a book every day for the past 3 weeks--you'd want him to go get a little silly too, I don't care where you're from.
Anyways...I definitely sent my friends a facebook message telling them we should go out later that night. I soon thereafter passed out. I woke up an hour before I told them to meet me in the CWE, made a pizza...sent out another message saying I was tired and was staying in...and passed out at 9:45.
I woke up at 10:30 this morning.
Best. Birthday. Ever.
