May 15th: 20 years (old)!

Today was my 20th birthday. Ailey taught our Thursday classes how to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ and around 200 kids in total sang happy birthday to me.

performed a ritual that happens at the school every time someone has a birthday. After classes we organized a party at the school for the teachers. I held a globe and walked around a table with the months spread in a circle on it and a plastic model baby lying on the month of May. Every time I completed a circle and came to may it would signify a year going by. I circled 20 times and one of the teachers gave a sort of narrative about growing up.

We ate some food we had ordered and had beer and a birthday cake.

I was still feeling ill so I headed to bed early.