But birthdays have changed since my elementary school days. After a number of NYC birthdays of the Phoebe's persuasion, I was feeling a bit more tranquil and frankly, dismissive, of this year's celebration. I wanted to see friends, yes...but mostly I just wanted to relax with my husband. I didn't want a fancy dinner out. I wanted to order in and open an unforgettable bottle of wine. I didn't want to stay out until 3am. I wanted to slow dance in our living room. Take a trip outside the city for a hike. And just be quiet and mindful of all that has happened the past year and what the start of the new one will bring. That's just what we did :-)
I had FANTSTIC birthdays as a kid. I'm talking birthday parties that are still written about in birthday cards to me from my lifelong childhood friends. Think Double Dare themed backyard craziness (with my Dad dressing up as Marc Summers, I kid you not) and a massive obstacle course of slip-n-slides and monkey bars covered in chocolate syrup, whipped cream balloons and super-soakers and buckets of green slime. Icing on the non-classic celebration cake? My Mom would make a massive flower pot fully loaded with gummy worms and pudding and mashed Oreos. It.....was awesome. I still crave that dirt cake sometimes. Nom nom. Sidenote: my parents rock.
But birthdays have changed since my elementary school days. After a number of NYC birthdays of the Phoebe's persuasion, I was feeling a bit more tranquil and frankly, dismissive, of this year's celebration. I wanted to see friends, yes...but mostly I just wanted to relax with my husband. I didn't want a fancy dinner out. I wanted to order in and open an unforgettable bottle of wine. I didn't want to stay out until 3am. I wanted to slow dance in our living room. Take a trip outside the city for a hike. And just be quiet and mindful of all that has happened the past year and what the start of the new one will bring. That's just what we did :-)
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evs
5/23/2011 11:13:27 pm
i love that you are doing this. i have my own too, sadly the last year has been lost. well last two. and ironcially theyve been some of the most formidable. but thats what happens. ill be back to it, i know. the words come and they go. and when they are tickling you to get them onto a screen, you had better listen. :) enjoy, i always do.
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