My birthday is very soon. This year’s birthday happens to be my 21st birthday. I’ve been looking forward to this day for months now. It is worthy to note that small things make me extremely happy. I don’t want to do much for my birthday and in general. So now that I’ll be an even more legal adult, I’ve narrowed it all down to three points I’d love to do now that may seem odd to many but perhaps will be
1. Have a glass of bubbly at the airport gates while waiting to board a plane
I fly relatively often and I’m always so jealous of people having mimosas with their lunch at the airport gates. Something about that freedom of purchasing alcohol at the gate instead of feeling stressed to fly is so inspiring to me. I aspire to be one of those tough-looking business people at the bar near the gate, surrounded by dozens of other people who are just so stressed out by having to fly so often for work. The best thing about this dream of mine is that there will be no judging at the bar since everyone else is in the same boat of stress, work, and boredom as we all wait to board the plane.
2. Have a Dunder Mifflin “Dundies” Chili’s Experience
I’m not above Chili’s. Chili’s is inexpensive, the food is pretty good, and they just so happen to have an amazing happy hour deal featuring their famous margaritas. Also, I can recreate being a drunk Pam Beesly from "The Office," except I will not get banned from the restaurant chain like she was. I have my whole tribute to Pam Beesly Instagram caption ready for my 21st birthday photograph.
3. Have steak and red wine
I don’t want much for my birthday in all honesty. However, I would love a classy meal at a steakhouse (preferably Peter Luger’s in Brooklyn). I want to be given a medium-rare Porterhouse and a rich red wine to accompany it. I want to swish the liquid around in the glass and I want to live out my best “Sex and the City” dreams. I'm not into a lot of lavish things, but having this steak dinner would be the highlight of the start of my true adulthood. Something about red wine solidifies the whole entry to stressful adulthood.
