It’s my birthday. I’m not in the least bit excited about it. Not just because it’s also Passover so I get screwed from a birthday cake. No, I don’t resent sharing my birthday with Elijah, Moses and 10 plagues, not at all. OK, maybe kinda, sorta. I’m not happy to have another year just whisked out from underneath me.
What gets me the most is the fact that I just started getting used to being 40. Well, not being but SAYING that I’m 40…without shuddering and dry heaving. And now? I’m 41. I officially have the 40’s well under way. And that doesn’t make me happy, despite it being better than the alternative. Because really? The alternative for me is hitting the breaks a little and slowing it down.
It freaks me out that, here I am pretty much at the peak. At the height of my existence here on this planet. I can still HOPEFULLY double my age and expect to be alive at 82. Unless of course 2012 comes to fruition or some horrible illness strikes. Maybe I have one or two more years where my age can be feasibly doubled. But after that, I’m headed at a rapid pace downhill. I’m going to have to ask for ski goggles for my next birthday and remember to keep my mouth closed in case of bugs getting stuck in my teeth.
It’s not just the number that is headed downhill. It’s body parts too. Skin, boobs, girl bits(because they sag too, so I hear) joints, muscles, organs. They are going to need extreme maintenance. More doctor visits. Saving money for shots of botulism. Health worries. GAH!
So here I am. 41. FORTY-ONE. 492 months. Thousands of hours and minutes and seconds lived, slept, worked and played. And I’m still here to talk about it.
Here is a birthday wish to myself. Stop sweating the small stuff. Ignore things that you can’t change and concentrate on the ones you can. Embrace the happies and snub the sads. And try to have a Happy Birthday despite the fact that there will be way too much matzo consumed and constipation will kick in tomorrow. Which is probably going to be worse this year because of the advanced age.
Happy 41st Birthday to me. You are officially in the throes of middle age. And just a little reminder to myself…the best birthday present ever is turning 12 tomorrow.
P.S…Happy birthday to all my friends who share this day with me!!
We all get older every single day of our lives. Don’t let that get you down. Think of your birthday as your own special holiday to be celebrated with parades and fireworks. You have graced the world with your presence for yet another year and the world should be grateful.
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Happy Birthday PH!
And you can have cake today: you just have to eat it before sundown. 🙂
xoxo
Happy Birthday!!! Girl bits sag too?!!! I guess you learn something new every day! I hope you have a great day!
I know you’re not excited about it, but Happy Birthday anyway! I hope the day find you full of the happies.
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Awww, it’ll be okay! You look fab! Happy birthday!
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Happy Birthday! Double up on the cake tomorrow.
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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave
with the intention of arriving safely
in an attractive and well preserved body,
But rather to skid in sideways,
chocolate in one hand,
wine in the other,
body thoroughly used up,
totally worn out and screaming
“WOO HOO what a ride!”
Happy birthday.
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love: “embrace the happies and snub the sads.” Let that be a lesson to ALL of us! Happy Bday, girl! 41 is the new 32!
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Happy Birthday, gorgeous one. “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” Always remember that.XO
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Happy Birthday! My wish to you? That by the time your girl bits start to sag, your eyesight is such that you can’t tell the difference…that way, aging eyes would be a blessing, right?
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Happy Birthday, Youngin!
I’ll be 58 in September….so you have lots of time yet to get used to the sagging. ha
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Well, for what it’s worth, Happy Birthday!
Hope you’ve had a wonderful day
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Oh Melissa – Happy (belated)Birthday – I hope you had a bubbly day!! I LOVE my birthday! Dont’ let your age bother you! Aren’t you happier in your 40’s?? I think 40’s are easier than 30’s (although 30’s were FUN FUN FUN) and sooooo much easier than 20’s(grr)
The only thing I do not like about 40’s is the wrinkles – thank the Lord Botox was invented!! hee – go get a shot in your forehead – WOW – you will feel so much better!!
Happy Belated Birthday. Can you have ice cream cake. Carvel is Pareve for Passover
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