20 Years of Living

So today I turned 20-the months leading up to this event have been somewhat dramatic as my "I can't believe I'm not going to be a teenager anymore" complex built. I think I'm good now though.

I began my day at 8 AM at the Viera Courthouse, reporting for Jury Duty-my little gift from the government. I wouldn't have actually minded the 4 hours in that room catching up on reading and the like if I could have gotten to serve on an interesting case. As it so happens, when we came back from lunch, our group was dismissed b/c the case was resolved. Eh, maybe next time. That led me to the Avenue, where I did some shopping before taking a break by the fountain to read the book I had bought on my lunch break thinking I'd have some more waiting to do at the courthouse. It's called "My Life Among the Serial Killers"-written by a psychiatric profiler....I wish I could have done that. Then I met up with Chris and we went to the World Market-I just love that place. I got a pack of cow tales and Fruit Stripes Gum!

Around 6, we met up with my mom, Hailey, Maggie, Sam, and Emilie for Ladies' Night at the Melting Pot!!

We had so much fun! First, our waiter Javier-who we affectionately nicknamed Hot Hobenaro-made us our cheese fondue. We dipped bread, apple slices, and vegetables. When we finished that, he brought us ceaser salad. Next was the main course....to die for! We each got a plate of raw terryaki steak, chicken, shrimp, another type of steak(not beef), and a gorgonzola filled ravioli which we then had to place in the boiling broth for a couple minutes to cook ourselves. Then we had all kinds of sauces to dip the meats in. I especially bonded with the terryaki sauce that Hailey accidentally wiped all over the arm of my white shirt...thankfully we had Tide to Go. Finally, Javier brought dessert...

I think he liked our table so we got 2 different types of chocolate-pure milk and pure dark. He brought out these plates with brownies, pound cake, strawberries, cheesecake, pineapple.....yum! And of course, Sam only eats the brownies so he brought us extra.

These are memories right here. If you're a lady, I highly recommend this event. If you're a man....poor you. We also got free exfoliating hand scrubs and manicures, as well as another hand thing where you dip your hands in wax....I don't know what it does, but it feels really cool. And Sam won a door prize! Anyways here's some more pics...