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I had a wonderful birthday. I didn’t expect it to work out that way, in all honesty. Two or three weeks ago, Mandy was still not doing very well, and I was dreading a birthday spent thinking about missing her. But she’s doing much better… much, much better, blessedly… and that wasn’t a problem for me on my birthday.
If you haven’t been reading here long, I love birthdays. Anyone’s birthday. At work on Wednesday, one of my co-workers (younger than me, of course) said something about how he wasn’t looking forward to getting older, and I laughed. I said how old I am (a whopping 39!) and then said that I really do like me better now than I did 10 or 20 years ago.
To which he responded, “Yeah, but you’ve got your life on track. You’ve got a plan. You like what you’ve got going on.”
And I was delighted. Stunned, but delighted. I rarely feel like I’ve got my life on track… have no plan at all most days. But I do really like what I’ve got going on. And I’m so glad that I’m giving that impression to the people around me. I am, for all practical purposes, happy with my lot in life.
Now, sure, we’ve got debt up the yin-yang, and we’re under siege from a bunch of surly appliances, and there are still lots of days in which I hate my job (but less than before!), and I’d like for everyone not to be allergic so we could have a dog. And I’ve got more than my share of craziness in my head, but I’ve also got a fair bit of happy, so that seems like a fair trade to me.
The girls at work - a bunch of them! - got together to take me to lunch for my birthday and to give me a gift certificate for a massage. I was just stunned. And overwhelmed by their seemingly pure enjoyment of … well, me. How phenominal is that!
And if you missed it, Josh was the sweetest guest poster here on my birthday. I sent Mike a text during the day telling him he should go read Josh’s post (which Aleece, my own personal webmaster, changed from a comment to a post for me), telling Mike that the post made me cry. Mike responded… “It’s true, you know. All of it.”
And without sounding all MEMEME, a fair bit of it is true. I am loyal and caring, and I do love with just everything I have, for right or wrong. And I am happy and pleasant and hopefully easy to be around. I’ve been in four sections at work in the last year, and at my birthday lunch, there were girls from each of those sections. I like the fact that people continue to seek me out even after I’ve been moved to other locations.
I have been, am still, so completely humbled by the affection… touched by people’s acceptance of me… blessed to have finally come to the point where I can say I am content here.
I’m thinking that I may like 39 so much that I may just stay here until my brother catches up and we can be twins.
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Glad you had a great birthday. You deserve it. I may only know you through the web but I truly consider you a friend and a good one at that!
You, too!
So glad you had a happy birthday! I think it sounds like a perfect day!
You are very fortunate to have such caring folks in your midst! (PS– They’re lucky too!)
Thanks!
Happy belated birthday! I unplugged for one week and missed all the fun stuff! Sounds like you had an awesome day. Just read your guest post, and it is so neat to hear someone else talk about you. So special.
Hope this year is one of more happy contentment! Full of sweet family and great friends…
What a superb birthday wish… thanks.
I’m glad that you had a great day:)!
Happy Happy Birthday! I will make some special cupcakes for you this week (or soon). Also, be watching. Cassidy’s birthday is coming up and I am making Hello Kitty cupcakes!