Another Day, Another Year

Thirty-five years under my belt. It seems like that should be some sort of milestone, but it doesn't feel it. Unsurprising, I suppose.


What to say? Birthdays haven't felt special for years. A few gifts trickle in during the rough timeframe, and they're welcome and appreciated. I like seeing character art, it's nice, unique, and sometimes heartwarming. I enjoy dinners out - I got one this last weekend, and I'm told another's coming. Those are nice treats and pleasant breaks from feeding myself.

But there's really nothing to make the day itself stand out. I got a couple "happy birthdays" from people who know - nice, but fleeting sentiment. And... well, gosh, I had to move my car this morning so the folks hired to remove snow from the parking lot could get around freely. And... umm... I have to remove malware from a work computer tonight, but that's not even very rare these days.

Not that I'd expect different. I'm not sure what I'd even want to mark the day, anyway. Normally, I have at least a few things I could ask my parents for as a gift, but this year I actually said "eh, I'm not really needing anything I don't have right now, why not just a nice dinner out?" I guess I'm not even sure what would make the day special. I'm not really the party sort. Ah well...

On the up side, things aren't bad. My side is definitely getting better, though not fully well yet. I suspect if I hadn't pushed myself shoveling snow, I'd be back to normal by now. The car's doing fine. My home is... reasonably sound - the construction stuff is still up in the air for a while, but there's nothing to be done right now. Recent blood work has me in pretty much the "normal" range for everything tested, even if it might be best if I could lose a few pounds. Really nothing to complain about.

Comments

  1. ceestar42February 1, 2010 at 8:45 PM

    *hugs* Many happy returns and may there be many more.

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  2. northawkeFebruary 1, 2010 at 11:00 PM

    gah! I even knew it was coming up and I missed my chance to say happy birthday and actually be on time! Well, drat. Happy birthday, belated!

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