Thanksgiving and Birthdays Past and Present

For the past several years (since 2007), I have gone somewhere for my birthday.  This usually ended up being a trip somewhere outside of the town where I was currently living!  This was partly because the amazing thing about Japan is that my birthday just happens to be a national holiday!  I was able to take extended weekend trips to various locations for my birthday!

In 2006, I celebrated Thanksgiving and my birthday in my apartment in Kakamigahara, Japan.  Over the next five years I continued to celebrate Thanksgiving in Japan, and it seemed to get better each year!  Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and Thanksgiving (for those from the United States) is always the fourth Thursday in the month of November, however my birthday does not always fall on Thanksgiving.  I love the food, the company, the conversations, and probably most importantly... I love that I was born on this awesome holiday!  Since that first Thanksgiving, I have had four birthdays on Thanksgiving, with 2006 being the most recent!  The next one should be in 2017, but I might be off because of leap year.

Since that 2006 Thanksgiving/Birthday combo, I have traveled around to experience something new for my birthday...  In 2007, I spent it in Hiroshima, Japan.  In 2008, I spent it in Seoul, South Korea.  In 2009, I spent it in Taipei, Taiwan.  In 2010, I spent it in Bali, Indonesia.  In 2011, I spent it in Vietnam.  Last year I moved back to the States and I was able to spend my birthday in Niceville, Florida, with my sister and her family.  It was great fun, we had cupcakes and even went to the beach!

This year I am back at school, and I do not have the luxury to take time off for my birthday, so this year I spent my birthday in Ogden, Utah.  However it was celebrated on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!  On Friday, my roommates and I had brownies, cupcakes, and ice cream cake.  On Saturday I went out to see the Mount Ogden Junior High School performance of "Guys and Dolls," I enjoyed the show!  And on Sunday, I had dinner with some wonder people from my LDS Ward!  Over all, it was a pretty good weekend, the only bad thing is that I didn't get much homework done.

~Adventures in Anything & Everything