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My birthday passed a few days ago and it was wonderful. I received so many greetings...and most of them were from friends I didn't even know existed a year ago. And they were heartfelt. Is that amazing or what?

How lucky am I?

So damn lucky.

I also had a fabulous time with my husband. Let me say that it was touch and go for a bit...a short bit in mid-December when T was planning some business travel for mid-January. Business travel that could be done anytime...but he chose the dates right around my birthday. Yeah. I discovered this when I overheard him on the phone making the plans for the trip. I wasn't invited on the trip.

You're all thinking, 'yeah, so what's the big deal?' - might not be a huge deal if you didn't realize that over the 5 years that we've known each other...he's been away for 4 of my birthdays. The last 4. On business trips that, to be honest, could easily have been planned for the following week. Keep in mind that he travels approximately 6 times a year for business...not every week.

What did I say to him when he got off the phone from planning the trip? Let's just say that it wasn't pretty. It didn't sound pretty. It didn't look pretty.

But I think I got my point across.

Look, I'm not high maintenance. At least not in the traditional high maintenance manner. I do demand to be kept in books and music (mostly books), but not in furs and jewelry. I buy my clothes at thriftstores, not Nordstroms (mostly because I like the way they look...not because I'm trying to save money but that is beside the point). I buy my makeup at Walgreen's, not at the MAC or Lancomé counter. BUT, I have ONE birthday a year. Wouldn't you think that perhaps that ONE day could be reserved for me?

Call me weird but my birthday is a special date for me. It is a celebration of life. Of the very day that I was blessed with life. Maybe I've had too much death in my family and that is why I hold my birthday as a very special date. Maybe I'm just egotistical. I'm not certain of the reason, but I know that on that one day a year....I want to enjoy myself. And it is not enjoyable for me to spend the day just like any other day while T is gone on a trip.

We went to a extraordinary hotel, The Davenport, and had a magnificent time. (I gave you the link instead of a picture in case you get a wild hair to visit Spokane someday). We went to eat at wonderful restaurants, walked in the snow through the park, saw a touching/heartbreaking movie and, in general, totally enjoyed one another.

The travel plans were changed, the birthday was salvaged and all is good in the world.

And I think my husband learned a little bit about me....which never hurts for use in the future.

I really do have the greatest husband...he's just a bit slow on the uptake once in a while. But, overall, just the greatest.

Something to think about: "We are here on earth to do good for others. What the others are here for, I don't know." ~W. H. Auden




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