February 2

So...my birthday...not a big deal, right? I have never liked my birthday. It was never a "fun" day in the Miller household. We didn't get fun presents. I got a bedspread for my 18th birthday. If we needed uniform shirts, sweaters, or socks, that was a popular item for birthday gifts. I also had to share a family party with my sister, and she had to share one with me. Not a great thing for either of us. Friends forgot my birthday all the time. I always seemed to be forgotten...left out of the fun birthday rituals other teenagers had. There were some fun times, I did have a fun party one year. Friends came over and we had a huge snowball fight in the front yard...that had to be the most memorable. No big hoopla for my 21st either. Things have been better since I got married, there's someone else who can remember my birthday! Plus, my son was born 2 days before my 24th birthday. He's now 10. That's a big deal! I'm the mom of a 10 year old! I've said it before, WOW! Now...If you're keeping track, that makes me 34 tomorrow. I don't mind being "in my 30s" as Deanne put it. I'm more affected by the fact that I have a 10 year old, my parents are 60, and my grandmothers are close to 90! NOW I feel "old"...but not really. I feel like my parents and grandparents shouldn't be that old. I don't see them as old. A kid in one of our classes said that anything over 30 is old. I disagree. But...I digress...I also now share my birthday with my 2 year old awesome nephew, Alex! I just still feel like my birthday is no big deal, and I wish it was. We are going to The Elephant Bar on Thursday with my parents, brother's family and sister. I love that place. Not just because of all the elephants, (I have thought of taking a drill and removing the door handles from the front doors!) but the food is great! The inside is really cool, and the kids like it too. It's not their favorite, but they can find things to eat there. Although Sarah did ask if we could go to Chucky Cheese for my birthday, but I told her NO! (She then asked if we could go to CC's for HER birthday...and I still said no.) But as I get older, I don't feel "older" just "more experienced".