Tag: birthdays
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The thing wherein I have a birthday
So on Sept. 7th I turned A Certain Age. Really my age is no secret, although the closer I get to fifty, the increasingly strange it feels to say how old I am. I’m 46. I did some math around all this and came to the conclusion that in four more years, I’ll be fifty. …
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How To Turn 45
So yesterday was my birthday, or as a friend put it, the “anniversary of my continued homeostasis upon this planet.” We couldn’t let this go uncelebrated, so The Lovely Rhonda threw some invitations out and a few people dropped by. I’m deeply uncomfortable allowing people to see how we normally live, i.e. like filth-beasts wallowing…
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The Afterparty
So ten children ages 7 (x 1), 6 (x 2), 5 (x 5), 4 (x 1) and 3 (x 1) makes for an interesting afternoon. There were games! There was laughter! There were owies and/or boo-boos! Tears! Mayhem! Cuppycakes! Delirium! Chaos! Dora the Explorer party favors! And eventually, an absence of children, and peace, and…
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Birthday Fun!
So The Lovely Rhonda turns an undisclosed, youthful age today, and to celebrate this we repaired to the beach for grown-up time. This almost didn’t happen because some child-care arrangement plans fell through, but my adorable cousin Carmen agreed to come stay the weekend with our children. Despite having met them all before. We cannot…
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