Cuz it’s MY BIRTHDAY BITCHES!

This week I celebrated my 37th birthday.  On my special day I didn’t have to work (upon orders from my boss) and neither did my boyfriend.  So he and I laid around my apartment all day eating, playing video games and enjoying each other’s company.  Exactly what I wanted to do! 

I’m still reeling from last year’s birthday debacle where I was forced to go to dinner with 3 persons – only one of whom I’m still friends with.  That incident started a year-long war between one of the dinner attendees and myself.  As a result of that I wanted a quiet day alone this year.

My kids called me to wish me a happy birthday and tell me how excited they were for my upcoming visit.  My mom and step dad had sent me a card and my step dad sent me an email wishing me well, my step-sister and her daughter called, and that was it – which was just fine for me.   I was supposed to go visit my brother’s bar to watch the election results but after eating an entire loaf of my lovely magical banana bread I was in a serious weed coma and didn’t want to do anything.

The next day I got belated birthday wishes from a couple of friends and that evening one of my sisters called.  I answered the phone expecting a belated birthday wish and instead was bombarded immediately with my sister’s urgent need to vent.  No mention was made of my special day.  Instead I was treated to a circuitous web of half-truths and lies explaining my sister’s anger about a situation she was involved in.  After hearing her version of the story I kind of chuckled at her and pointed out the positive aspects of the situation – explaining that if it were me I would actually be HAPPY about the resolution of the situation (which she completely overlooked or lied about).

After about 15 minutes of asking specific questions and getting shadowy answers my sister seemed to pick up on the fact that I wasn’t particularly interested in the conversation and abruptly got off the phone.  After hanging up I sat there in my bed, chuckled and shook my head.  Some people are so self-absorbed and insensitive – but guess what…I don’t really care.  I had a great birthday and no one can take that away from me!