In the village and beyond

Birthday went well. I went with friends to a pub, the mexican food place, went back to the pub, and then to a nearby bar. I had guacamole, tortilla chips, salsa, a quesada! So good! Too bad I had to order a virgin pina colada. That was quite depressing for my 21st! Apparently "No alchohol" is not in the English vocabulary.
On the whole, it was great. Kati got me a huge bar of Chocolate which will get me through writing my paper today. James got me a Josh Ritter CD and two books that seem very interesting. One is a novel called Regeneration about shell shock or PTSD in WW1 and the other is called the Bridge.
It went by too fast!
I have to start packing too. damn.