Today is my birthday. I don't feel the need to tell you how old I am, but I will say that I celebrated a milestone birthday a few years ago.
I doubt if there are any criteria for what constitutes a "normal" birthday, but if there were, this birthday would definitely not be classified as normal.
I'm pretty sure that this is the first birthday since I've been married that my husband has not been here to help me celebrate. He's in Moscow -- Russia, not Idaho.
When I was working I would always arrange my schedule so I didn't have to work on my birthday. I wanted to have an enjoyable, stress-free day to do exactly as I pleased. Today was certainly not stress-free, although parts of it were enjoyable.
Originally, M had planned to spend this weekend with friends at a lake north of Detroit. When she realized that her father would also be gone and I would be alone on my birthday, she felt guilty and decided to not make the trip. (Disclaimer: I in no way attempted to make her feel guilty. In fact I encouraged her to go.)
I cannot begin to express how grateful I am that M chose to give up a weekend with friends in order to stay home with me. We didn't really do anything to celebrate, other than get frozen yogurt, but it was nice to not be alone, especially since we spent most of the day dealing with our tree removal team. : /
Tomorrow my husband will be home. If all goes according to plan he and I, along with M and K, will have dinner at a restaurant I like in Oak Brook. And after dinner there will be gelato. : ) I'm happy that my birthday observance won't necessarily be limited to just one day.
Besides my birthday, today marks another significant milestone.
This is my 100th blogpost! I remember when I started to blog -- the thought of reaching the point where I would have written 100 posts seemed inconceivable. But here I am, still going strong and looking forward to the next 100!
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