20 Times I Loved As A 22-Year Old

Tomorrow’s my birthday. If I have the energy I might make a carrot cake or a flourless chocolate cake. More likely I’ll yelp a bakery where they sell gluten-free cupcakes and call it a day.

Here are 20 times I’ll miss from being 22, but I know there are 40 more waiting for me at 23.

1. Moving to New York

2. Every time I’ve found a bar with drinks under $8 in New York

3. When I visited The Today Show for the first time

4. When I became sort-of-kind-of Pinterest-famous

5. The day Buzzfeed quizzes started

6. The day I graduated college

7. Every moment that involved Reese’s

8. Whenever I met new friends

9. Whenever I re-met old ones

10. Whenever this song played

11. When I wrote a viral Buzzfeed post

12. When I found this gif

13. When I found Nutella for $3.29

14. When I discovered Freaky Eaters on Netflix(Watch all of the episodes. Right now)

15. The day I discovered Elderflower liqueur

16. The two weeks spent on my couch watching athletes compete in Sochi

17. When I found out how easy making caramel sauce is and vowed to do it more often(I haven’t done it since)

18. When General Mills invited me to the NYC Wine & Food Festival

19. And also any time I stuffed my face with Chex mix

And of course

20. That one time Starbucks spelled my name right

Let there be cake.