Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Birthday

I turned twenty-one whole years old yesterday.

Earlier in the month, I had been worried that my birthday would be a lonely day.  Everyone--myself included--was scrambling to study for final exams and finish end-of-the-semester projects, and frankly, priorities are priorities.  I had dreaded the possibility that for other people, spending time with me, even on my birthday, wasn't very important.

But no!  It wasn't a lonely day.  It was quite a good day.


This is an example of people having a good day.


The sun shined all the way until 4:30 p.m.; there was just enough snow left to make the landscape lovely, but not enough to make walking a slushy chore; there were phone calls, cards in the mail, text messages, and Facebook wall posts; there was a package full of goodies waiting for me at the post office and another in my mailbox; there was a box of roses waiting under my mailbox; and, finally, there was dinner and wine and dessert with very nice people.



I hate to admit this, but even I couldn't handle this much chocolate mousse in one go.

This all serves as evidence that people like me.  It's a good thing to know.  Especially on my birthday.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Always a good day when wine and chocolate are involved!

Rebecca said...

Agreed! (And people with whom to share them, of course.)