Today is my Birthday. I am not telling you that for any reason except that I want to write about my birthday. I love my birthday...it is my favorite day of the year. On this one day I can do anything I want to do. Some years I have done many things...massages, pedicures, shopping, eating...or should I say binging...etc. (It is kind of like Mardi Gras...only I do make sure that confessions to my Bishop won't be necessary following my birthday celebration.) Last year I just went to the temple, took a long hot bath and laid in bed and read. Nothing exciting...but it was what I wanted to do. Some of my friends ask me if they can take me to lunch, or breakfast or whatever... On this day, I tell them that I will only do something with them if that is what I feel like doing at that time. So if they want to go to lunch they have to just wait for me to call them and say I WANT TO GO TO LUNCH WITH YOU. That is because if I schedule a lunch with someone and suddenly I decide I want to do something else like skiing or to take a hot bath or whatever, I will feel obligated to do lunch instead, and that is not what my birthday is about. It is the one and only day I can be completely self-centered.
Another thing that is cool on my birthday is I don't answer the phone all day...unless I want to of course. So after a day of doing anything I want to do, I check my messages...and there are a bunch of people wishing me a happy birthday. I love that part of the day! It is kind of like a surprise party at the end of the day with all my friends yelling "Happy Birthday".
One problem...my birthday is on a Sunday this year. That's not gonna work for me. So for my birthday (since I can do anything I want) I am officially declaring February 25, 2008 as my 39th birthday. I also declare that, following this declaration, I will treat this day as my normal Sunday, but am granting myself the right and privilege to do absolutely anything and everything I want to do tomorrow.
5 comments:
Hooray and Happy Birthday!!! Have fun with YOUR day. It's sounds great!
Happy Birthday! I hope it was great, and Monday was equally great. I think you should have a "birthday" at least once a week--a day when you ONLY do what YOU want to do. I share a birthday with my husband, which is fun, but is also a bummer, because to make it special for him, I can't really just have a ME day. So, congrats for yours!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY again and again! I love elongating out birthdays myslef. Lunch before, movies the next and presents all sacttered in between. It spreads the joy and the fun little further!I like the way you think BIRTHDAY GIRL.
It's not your birthday ANYMORE, now, is it?
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