I don’t usually celebrate birthdays, mainly because my family never used to celebrate them. Sometimes I wouldn’t even know it is my birthday until 5 days later and I will be like, OMG, my birthday came and went! My first real birthday party was for my 20th or is it 19th birthday when my resident counselor in college threw me one with a cake and everything. I threw myself a party for my 25th. I was going to do something this Sunday with a few of my family and friends but I just didn’t have the energy.

I had taken today off as my mental health day because of how crazy things have been at work, even though I only had 6 hrs of vacation left between now and January. Hopefully they won’t dock me the extra 2 hrs from my paycheck, but I really don’t give a damn. So last night I went to bed a little after 2am, all ready to sleep in this morning only to be rudely awakened by my brother at 8am to take him to work. He had forgotten last night he was supposed to go in today. His car had quit on him on his way from work so I had to go pick him up at 10pm last night. I was gonna come back and jump in bed after dropping him but I decided to ran some errands instead.

For some reason, I am not as grouchy as I normally would be if I was awakened before I was through sleeping. In fact I’ve had this feeling of well being all day. I went to return some stuff at the grocery store and there was no one at the customer service desk. This lady who had clocked out and was on her break offered to help me. It is not every day you find that kind of service, especially from someone who is not even on the clock!

When I got home I decided to finally weed my “flower” beds. I was to remove the old mulch this spring and plant some flowers but I was too burned out to do that. Next year though I will be going all out on the curb appeal part. One of my neighbors asked if he can cut my yard to make some money to get his ID tomorrow. I told him I only had $20 and he said he’ll take it. I didn’t have to let him do it because my friend Sam had told me if his lawn mower works, he will cut my yard for me, free. But my neighbor had helped me cut my yard once and he didn’t charge me anything. His job cut back so he doesn’t have any work right now. If I had more than $20, I’d have given it to him. My yard was starting to look all crazy so what a birthday present I get.

My house is due for a good cleaning. I should really mop but am not feeling up to it right now. Good thing with having laminated kitchen and den flooring in a shade of red/maroon is that a good sweep and keeping the rooms clutter free makes them look clean…even when I haven’t mopped.

So anyways, today will be a day of doing pretty much nothing. I can’t believe it is already 1pm, so the day is practically almost gone. I might do something this weekend and invite the few family and friends, just to have fun with them.

One thing is for sure though, next year will be the milestone birthday for me. I plan to do it real big, go on a cruise or camping or something. Take a real vacation for one. I am also working on expanding my social circle. I am meeting with an event planner this Tuesday who said he could use some volunteers. I am hoping I will be able to meet fun loving and outgoing people, have my cell phone ringing off the hook again and my calendar overflowing with activities.

Alright, I’m off to a lazy day. And let me tell ya, and it is not every day I say this, ‘tis a good day to be alive…and to be me J