ah yes....the inenvitable birthday....that day that comes every year to remind you that 1. you didn't die this year, and 2. you will never be as young as you were yesterday....
but I'm not depresssed about it......
Okay...I am, but not for the obvious reasons. I actually don't mind being older; you could not pay me enough money to be a kid, tennager or young adult again. It was hard enough the first time around. I get depressed on my birthday because every year, I get some useless bullshit gift from family that always makes me want to ask them, "Um...excuse me.....have we met?"
The year I turned 30 SHOULD have been a fairly monumental birthday.....I was pregnant with my daughter (7 months pregnant to be exact)and thought that my family would actually recognize how significant those two things were.....
and my parents bought me an exercise ball....
This year, they gave me an i-Pod touch. Sounds nice, doesn't it? Except when do I as a mother, a wife, a nurse on shift work and friend EVER have the time to spend with headphones on, listening to music? And furthermore....I have a blackberry!!! It does all the same shit; and now I have 2 expensive gadgets I never have the time to use......
the hints at snow tires went completely unheaded.....my friend Erin says I am too practical.....the irony is; the snow tires were cheaper...
Paul thinks I am nuts....and now wants to take back presents he gave me; he is worried I will hate them....he is probably right....
This is what I don't understand.....I don't think I am that hard to figure out. I like books, I like yoga, I like my jaccuzi tub....really; you can go to Chapters, lulu lemon and Lush and make my flippin' day.....
but I'm not depresssed about it......
Okay...I am, but not for the obvious reasons. I actually don't mind being older; you could not pay me enough money to be a kid, tennager or young adult again. It was hard enough the first time around. I get depressed on my birthday because every year, I get some useless bullshit gift from family that always makes me want to ask them, "Um...excuse me.....have we met?"
The year I turned 30 SHOULD have been a fairly monumental birthday.....I was pregnant with my daughter (7 months pregnant to be exact)and thought that my family would actually recognize how significant those two things were.....
and my parents bought me an exercise ball....
This year, they gave me an i-Pod touch. Sounds nice, doesn't it? Except when do I as a mother, a wife, a nurse on shift work and friend EVER have the time to spend with headphones on, listening to music? And furthermore....I have a blackberry!!! It does all the same shit; and now I have 2 expensive gadgets I never have the time to use......
the hints at snow tires went completely unheaded.....my friend Erin says I am too practical.....the irony is; the snow tires were cheaper...
Paul thinks I am nuts....and now wants to take back presents he gave me; he is worried I will hate them....he is probably right....
This is what I don't understand.....I don't think I am that hard to figure out. I like books, I like yoga, I like my jaccuzi tub....really; you can go to Chapters, lulu lemon and Lush and make my flippin' day.....
the irony is...tomorrow it will be all over......
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