A Master Celebration

My "week long birthday celebration" is about to officially kick-off.

I say "week-long" because here in the city where I live, the world as we know it stops for a major sports championship and every year since I moved here when I was thirteen, I have had to share my birthday with this particular event. This usually means that I DON'T really celebrate my birthday on the actual date. All the restaurants are crowded and more "expensive" than normal, lots of people are out of town for spring break, it is just not a convenient time to plan a party and expect folks to come. So, I usually have to celebrate it early or later or even not at all. One year, not too long ago, my whole family forgot and we ended up celebrating my birthday in October!!!

I am not complaining, really. It is kinda fun to have celebrities in town, see our name splashed across the national news, feel the fun in the air. Okay - well, maybe all that was fun when I was twenty...now it is just a pain - extra traffic, prices jacked up all over town, etc, I am a little past the excitement.

This year, I decided that I was TIRED of sharing my birthday. I declared next week, "My Week Long Birthday Celebration" and my family is actually going along with it this year. My parents are coming home for a visit and bringing my Aunt Nell. Aunt Nell hasn't been in here for a visit in over 15 years, she has never seen my house, and we have never had time to just hang out... we are doing it this year and I am so excited. I requested and am hopeful that I am getting tickets for a local concert on Tuesday night, a night out without the child -- sounds like heaven to me and we are planning a trip to a great landmark BBQ place on Thursday - all in all - it seems like it is stacking up to be a great week long celebration. I am really excited.

About a week ago I decided that I needed a few more days for celebration...hey, you don't turn this age but once, so I have tacked a few more days onto my celebration time. My celebration started this past week as I had breakfast with a friend, it continues through the weekend with lunch with another, a whole three days before the actual day.

Excited, you bet! I am not even thinking about the number of candles on that cake come Monday, I am just rejoicing in the fact that I have some really good friends and family members who are willing to indulge me this year and celebrate and give me the MASTERS of all birthday parties!

Living Happily In the Moment!
Bev