Sunday, August 17, 2008
That's what Noah said last night as we were lighting my birthday candles. And Caleb got so worried about the chocolatey inferno that he hid under the kitchen table and then cried, of course, when he didn't get to help blow them out. Yeah. . . I'm getting old. I keep trying to tell myself that thirty is the new twenty and according to Oprah my best years are yet to come, like when I'm in my forties but it doesn't help. It's kind of weird though, the older I get, the younger my parents seem to be--sort of like I'm catching up with them.
So I didn't do anything super-duper for my birthday. Mark's with my Dad in Mexico purchasing pottery and I'm glad. I miss him, a lot. But I'm glad he gets to go away for a little while without six kids climbing all over him and a whiney wife. And he doesn't have to work either. Hopefully they'll have fun together and find the pottery my Dad's looking for.
Anyway, that's like the 5th birthday in a row that's Mark been gone for my birthday. It used to make me sad but I got over it a long time ago and sort of enjoy the lack of attention. I cleaned the bathrooms, mowed the lawn, took the kids grocery shopping, made my own birthday cake, hit Blockbuster for some movies, watched "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" with the kids and called it a day. My sisters and my best friend were all going to come over but Denver threw up (see "My Husband Is Out Of Town: Handbook and Rulebook") and scared them all away. But I think my sisters are going to come today and spoil me a bit. And Mark did get me a really good birthday present before he left--a digital camera that actually fits in my pocket so I can take cute pictures like these:
 
No more holding batteries in or having the camera shut off halfway through a picture. And it fits easily in my pocket or my diaper bag. I really love it. Anyway, I successfully made it to 33 and it didn't hurt too much. Now I think I'll go have myself some chocolate cake for breakfast which, according to Bill Cosby, is a perfectly healthy and well-rounded breakfast for kids (and Moms.) Want some?
posted by Shana # 8:25 AM 
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