"What do you want for your birthday?" This is not an uncommon statement. Everybody hears it once a year. The uncommon part for me is that I hear it as soon as Christmas presents are done being opened.
My birthday is on January 2nd. 8 days after Christmas. In my household there's 3 birthdays in a two week period. First is my sister on December 19th, 6 days later Jesus throws a big party for the world, and then we conclude on the 2nd with me. Also one of my best friends has her birthday on New Years day. Needless to say we're busy partying for two weeks around here.
When I was younger I felt a little jipped that my birthday was a week after Christmas. I always felt like my birthday got lumped in with the 25th. To a certain extent that's true as I still open some of my birthday gifts on Christmas day, although that is more due to the fact that people like to see your face when you open a gift that they got for you. I have only once had a birthday on a school day which can now be appreciated, but then it was annoying. No one ever remembered my birthday. Facebook has since remedied this though.
Now I do not have qualms with my early January birthday. Except when New years day falls on a weekend. Then my birthday is a national holiday and everything is closed. The only problem and it's very minor is I never know what to ask for. I usually get everything that I wanted for Christmas. So I'm asking for help: What do I want for my birthday?
Pretty good problem to have . . . not knowing what you want because you were blessed enough to already have it.
ReplyDeleteI know! I am a very lucky girl! :)
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