My 18th Birthday

Well I've officially been 18 for a week now, though I haven't really taken advantage of anything (as in I haven't gotten a tattoo, or gotten cigarettes, or done something that I wasn't allowed to do before... haha) I'll start with my bday because it has probably been one of the most memorable days of my life thus far. The roads were horrible and my family and three of my friends had a 3-4 hr drive ahead of us to get to Cleveland. We were going to see Rent at 9:00 at the Palace and I was excited to the point beyond what I can express. We finally arrived at the Wyndham hotel at around 4 and got checked in with two rooms on the 11th floor. (I did make note that there wasn't a 13th floor, I always find it funny when hotels do that, I mean I'm pretty sure that they don't just leave a space there so really 14 is 13, but whatever... lol) When my friends an I got to our room we found it unmade so my parents called the desk and we got ready in their room, and then went to explore the hotel. We got to the lobby, but it didn't really entertain us so we went upstairs and looked in the ballrooms and tried to find the pool(which wasn't on the 2nd or 3rd floor). I suggested that we look in the basement, so we got back in the elevator and I pushed B and my lovely friends started flipping out about how we were gonna get shot or something (lol I love them) and then they all moved to one side and left me alone on the other (thanks guys... lol) Well the door opened and there was a vending machine! (haha not someone who wanted to kill us) and then on the other side a hallway that led to the pool. We got bored and headed back up to our room to decide what to do for dinner before the show. We decided to walk down to the House of Blues in the 2-4 inches of snow(we probably looked ridiculous). We found out that the cast had had a party there after the first show Tuesday night and that just got us even more excited for the show. As we were walking back to the hotel a car drove past that was blasting Seasons of Love and we yelled hi to them. We got back to the hotel at about 7:30 to drop off our t-shirts from HoB (our room was still not ready...) and then headed back out to walk to the theatre. My excitement was building as they finally let us go to our seats. I ended up being in the center seat, first row of the balcony(a 25$ ticket!!! I still can't believe it). When Adam walked onstage the audience went wild! I was screaming along with everyone else. Then when Anthony walked on I almost peed myself. haha Anyways after they finished singing Rent I had chills that stayed with me for the rest of the show. I mooed my head off at the end of Over the Moon and cheered with everyone else when Anthony got on the table to start La Vie Boheme. During intermission my friend Sarah and I saw this usher dancing in the aisle who was probably about our age and I was like "wanna come propose with me?" and instead of proposing we just looked straight at him to see if he would notice (I think he did eventually cuz Sarah said he pointed to us after I looked away... lol). Anyways the second act was just as amazing as the first and when Adam and Anthony sang What You Own I was blown away completely. I loved the entire cast (I was a little nervous about Mimi because I've seen a lot of videos on Youtube where I haven't liked her, but Lexi did a great job and I loved her voice (-:) When the show was over I stood up right away and screamed my lungs out. I watched Anthony send up his four claps and I sent a silent "Thank You" along to Jonathan. Then we walked out of the theatre and followed the small group of Rentheads to the stage door. It was really cold, but we stood and waited and when Anthony came out I almost peed myself again and started freaking out cuz we were in the back of the crowd and I am a whole 5'2'' lol A really tall guy passed my poster to Lexi (Thanks!!) and then I managed to get over the the side and push my way slightly forward so I could reach my poster towards Anthony. There were other people pushing their playbills towards him but he pointed towards my poster (yay!) and signed it. Anthony stayed out the longest in the cold to sign which I am forever thankful for! We stayed for about 15 min after Anthony went back in and then the security guard came and told everyone to leave so we headed back to the hotel. We spent the entire time walking back complaining about how Adam hadn't come out and then when we got to the hotel there was a very small crowd waiting. Adam was in the bar!!! He signed my poster and my Rent Bible and took pictures with us. Then we went up to our room to make sure it had been made. My parents came up shortly and told us they had ridden the elevator with Adam! (WTF!?! right?) Of course I was like "What floor did he get off on?" and my dad told us, but we didn't go stalk him cuz it was like 12:30 and they had two shows the next day. We celebrated for a while and then decided it was time to go to sleep. The next day after we had finally packed up, we were waiting for our car and we hear "Anthony Rapp! Anthony Rapp!" and he rushes through the lobby and out the door with a group of girls following. We assumed he was running late since it was 11:45 and the show started at 1, so we just watched and smiled and enjoyed seeing him again. Anyways I couldn't have asked for a better birthday and I'm certain I'll remember it for a long time... lol I'll post more about my first week as an adult later... haha I'm such a dork! :-)