The First Hour of My Birthday

How I Spent the First Hour of My Birthday
For the most part, my time in Greece has been amazing. Even though it has only been about two weeks, I can say I have had many memorable moments. From trying to communicate with the locals, eating some of the most amazing food of my life and swimming in the Aegean Sea I think I can safely say I am enjoying myself. The reason I say “for the most part” is because of what occured last night, during the first hour of my 19th birthday. It all started weeks before we even left for Greece. My history teacher had assigned a paper that would be due October 18th. When I saw the date I thought to myself “Oh, thatll be easy to remember because its one day before my birthday.” With that thought I assured myself that I would not procrastinate as usual and that I would get it done ahead of time. That way I wouldn't continue my habit of doing my assignments 1 hour before they are due and having a heart attack in the process. Fast forward to October 18th 5pm in Kalamata, Greece. I am just starting my paper that is due at 9pm California time, which is 7am in Greece. Once again, I left myself the minimum amount of time to write a 7 page paper about some European person ive never heard of in my entire life. I have just started my first paragraph and I realize that this exactly what I promised myself not to do! So, finally at about 12 o' clock at night I finish my nine page paper on Pope Urban II. Now, all I had to do was turn it in to the class website. Unfortunately the where we are staying at doesnt have wifi. So my father and I hop in to the car in the dead of night and plan t drive through Kalamata to find a hotspot. After what feels forever, many failed attempts and getting to know the dodgiest parts of Kalamata we find a decent hotspot. I am finally able to hand my paper in. I look at the clock and turn to my father and say “It's 12:35” and he says with a smile “happy birthday!” So, after that chaotic scramble for wifi I realized my 19th birthday had already come. Now, not only was I an expert on pope Urban II, but I was also 19 years old.
Hopefully, I have learned my lesson and won't procrastinate so much, especially in Greece. Where the wifi is tempermental and only works when its in the mood to. Luckily, the rest of my birthday was awesome. We went to a cafe and used the internet. I did a little shopping at one of the only places that was open. Nearly every store was closed because of the strike that is happening all over Greece. We swam in the ocean for a while. And for dinner we had my favorite dish: spaghetti with pesto!