I wasn't looking forward to my birthday this year, for a number of reasons. I hadn't seen my family in months and I was broke. Last year, I had only been back in the UK a few weeks by the time my birthday came round and I was all for celebrating being back and having a great birthday.
I didn't make a fuss of it this year and at it didn't seem anyone else was either. My friend Ali arranged a party at his apartment on Saturday night and if I am honest I wasn't much looking forward to it. However, with everyone on board, I gave it as much as I could. Although my birthday wasn't until the Monday. My best friends Paul and Ben had also celebrated their birthday's this month and Ben had gotten us all a rather unusual present. A photo shoot.
When I heard about the photo shoot, I was nervous. It's not really my scene. To put myself out there to be judged about how I look or to appear to be arrogant or conceited about it. In order to combat that nervousness, Paul and I thought it best to be as drunk as possible. When they arrived the in the morning to pick me up, I had a bottle of wine and some drinks in a cafe/bar near the photo studio.
For the shoot itself, we brought several outfit's to change into and pick from, we bought some beers and it turned out to be a lot of fun. We took shots together as a group and obviously some solo shots. I had some taken of my tattoo's and Paul had some topless shots taken. I was pleasantly surprised at how much fun we were having.
Later that night, once Paul, Ben and I parted ways. My friend Ali came round so we could drink whilst I got ready. He was late and I was worried about all the guests, waiting and getting impatient at his house whilst we got ready. Before we were set to leave, my landlord called to ask me to pop over to his house so we could talk. My landlord lives just across the street from my house with a few of my friends. When I got the call, I was a little peeved. I assumed he wanted to speak about the overdue rent and I couldn't believe he picked today, of all days. Ali and I walked over, knocked on the door and waited.
He answered the door, greeting us with a friendly smile, this was nothing out of the ordinary here, he was usually pleasant. Until he had money to ask for. I walked into the hall and turned into the living room and BAM!. Everyone was there! All my friends, for little impromptu surprise birthday party.
We stayed there for a few hours, drinking, playing games etc, before going out to the Village. The night out was fucking amazing! I stayed out till the Sunday afternoon. Hitting one of the after hours clubs and then back to the location of the party for more drinks.
All in all, a pleasant birthday with a few surprises.
