My Birthday

Yesterday was my birthday. I am officially 38 now. Hmm. Usually I have some little jingle to go with my age, like "I'm 34 and so much more . . ." so I'm working on my 38 one. 36 and 37 were kind of lame years, as they are difficult to rhyme. So I've come up with this: I'm 38 and feeling great! Cheesy, I know, but I really don't have any hang ups about my age and this makes it fun.

So, how did I celebrate my day? Well, the celebration goes on and on, as I like to stretch it out over the entire month. But first, I woke up to a nice "Happy Birthday" from Ryan. Zachary wasn't too keen on telling Mommy happy birthday, but we still had a nice morning. Then I was off to Pilates, and 2 belly dance classes plus rehearsals. My class and troupe members brought me flowers and a cake. It was very sweet. I offered to share the cake with them, but they insisted that cake would negatively influence belly rolls. Silly girls!!

After a quick stop for sushi (and more happy birthdays, but fortunately they didn't sing to me in Japanese) I headed home. We had to wake Zachary early from his nap (shouldn't be a problem since Ryan put him down early) to head to Tallahassee. We had tickets to see "Thomas the Train Live on Stage." Well, my little prince DOES NOT like to be awakened early. He whined and cried until we got him in the car. Then the whining and crying was only intermittent. The entire day took a downturn from the moment we got into that car. We were running late and there was a dreadful storm. Zachary wouldn't potty after his nap, and when we stopped for gas (27 minutes till curtain) he absolutely wouldn't go. I sat there "encouraging" him on this vile toilet at a gas station. (Of course I cleaned it with my sani wipes, but it was still disgusting) Next we zipped through a drive through to get some food for us, but the first attempt was not meant to be. The lightning intensified and actually struck so closely to us that the McDonald's power went out. It was a tad bit frightening. Good grief, we're never going to get there at this point. Oh, and the whining "I want french fries" could be heard over the rumbling thunder and pouring rain. And I didn't have a raincoat or umbrella in the car. Things begin to perk up when we stopped at another McDonald's a couple of blocks from the Civic Center, we stuffed down a burger and fries and Ryan dropped us off at the door. I raced in and carefully maneuvered down the auditorium steps (poor choice of footwear for those little concrete steps). We finally got to our seats as Thomas was coming onstage - then I saw this giant grin on Zachary's face and his eyes just lit up. He was mesmerized the entire show. It was wonderful.

In a related story, I did the unheard of yesterday: I won TWO (not one) bets with Ryan. Those of you who know Ryan know that he rarely bets and loses. Due to the whining from Zachary, we put the over/under at 30 minutes for how long Zachary would sit through the show. I, in a bold move to be positive, took the over. The last show we took Zachary to, "Sesame Street Live", he lasted 10 minutes. A month ago I took him to a local children's theatre of "Suessical" and he made it 40 minutes. I was just hoping he'd make it to intermission. Imagine how thrilled I was he lasted the whole time! The other bet was about a car we were behind of last night on the way home, no money involved, but I did get the 'W' twice - it must have been my birthday!!

Tonight my Mom is coming. She, my mother in law, Ryan, and I are going to Captain Anderson's for dinner and to see the Harry Potter movie. I have yet to cut my birthday cake and I've only opened the presents my Dad sent. More presents should be forthcoming, and the present Ryan ordered for me should be here soon. See how I can stretch this out? Who wants just one day when I can have a whole month? Okay, I am going to go eat my first piece of cake, then I'll go do a few belly rolls.