Thanks. I'm pretty sure the birthday celebration planners were thinking "Partay! at! the! Bar!" Really. For 2 of us who have social anxiety disorder and 1 who's a party animal. 3 birthdays in August was just too tempting an excuse to get drunk and sing karaoke. I understand it's fun for them and it's a lifestyle choice. It's just not fun for me. As for getting over the end of a friendship, it seems like the people who say just get over it never had a friend totally unexpectedly stab them in the back and decide to cut them out of their life with no warning. I think the party situation has reopened that wound lately because a lot of the people I thought of as my friends are mad because I would rather spend $45 on a meal at a nice restaurant than spend $100 on alcohol at some dive bar. "Omg, that's a round of shots for 10 people!"
I did go to Taita by myself last Friday. The chorizo-stuffed squid and fried squid rings (calamari) in tomato sauce was fantastic. It's the best thing I've ever eaten at a restaurant. The codfish with pureed butternut squash, tomato/miso sauce, mushrooms, and asparagus was godawful. The desert was chilled chocolate ganache with caramel sauce and burnt sugar sails. It was amazing.
I've done my birthday celebration for myself and I'm re-evaluating who my friends really are in order to get some distance from those who don't value my friendship as much as I valued theirs and trying to bring more positivity into my own life. I think that's a good start for the next year.
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