You Say It's My Birthday

So believe it or not, my birthday seems to have snuck up on me this year. Not that I didn't know it was coming or anything, but I just kind of let it arrive for a change, rather than hype it up and make it another Day of All Days. And that's fine. It's been an exciting last couple months with lots and lots of other good stuff to celebrate — buying a condo and becoming an uncle, for example — so I thought it'd be alright, for a change, to just kind of ease into my birthday this year, and not make too big of a deal about it.

Which, of course, does not mean that I won't be doing my birthday up right. I mean, please. I'm still me. I don't fear the birthday and I embrace more celebration. There's a big dinner tonight, and tomorrow there's brunch, followed by some miniature golf and ice cream, for example. And there'll be some kind of daredevil activity at some point this summer, of course (I'm thinking whitewater rafting). Plus, the weather's beautiful today, so that's good too. All things considered, I think this is going to be a really nice birthday — and even more importantly, I predict good things in the year ahead. Happy 34th to me!