On Sunday I had what my friend Jacqui calls an "Oh My God" birthday.
So now I'm 40 (and one day), but I don't feel that old. Obviously no one else thinks I'm that old either - my parents gave me a Nintendo DS for my birthday. A part of me - the part that still plays with dolls and skips up the driveway and laughs at the naughtiest jokes - that part will always be 8. Or 14. And I'm happy about that. No point getting old before your time, I say.
Sunday dawned miserable, wet and cold and my heart leapt with joy. I love, love LOVE days like that. It made the afternoon I spent with friends at Gundaroo all the more special. We had our own private dining room, an open fireplace, and the best conversation, food and wine that love and friendship can buy. The only major bummer was that I'd given the Mister my cold - so we had to cancel our dinner on Saturday night and I had to cook my own birthday breakfast, and the company at home was a little less than stimulating while he shoved tissues up his nostrils. Poor poppet.
I received the loveliest emails and text and gifts, and then today I heard that I got a contract and will be starting next Wednesday. Best 40th birthday gift ever (maybe not better than the DS, or the gorgeous necklace from the Mister, or the new Stephanie Alexander bible (which I am dubbing the New Testament), but it's close.
Oh Stephanie A, she is the bomb isn't she!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!! Apart from the snot, sounds like you had a lovely lovely day, as you ought for a big nought birthday! (Part of me would love a DS as well!!)
Oh, and congrats on the contract, that's great news too!
Happy birthday to you, Michelle! So glad to hear that you had a great day. Congratulations all around to you - a noughty birthday, a new job, lovely pressies, special people. A big HUG across the miles!
ReplyDeleteRight. I'll be pointing my nearest and dearest back to this post in a couple of years. That's exactly how I want things. Happy birthday lovely!
ReplyDeleteBelatedly - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! If you scatter a handful of jelly beans that colour, do you grow rainbows?
ReplyDeleteHappy 0 day to you !
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday my dear! Congratulations on the big 40, the fabulous pressies and the new job.
ReplyDeleteI just need to know though - do you understand the new version of Super Mario Brothers?
Happy Birthday! Apart from a bit of sickness you sound like you had a great day. I have a ds and they are so much fun. I don't think you can ever be too old for video games.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday ~ it sounds like a great one! Congrats on the contract!
ReplyDeleteAh. Birthdays. Doncha love 'em. Hey, maybe we can have a coffee and a knit some time, if you'll be working in town?
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday - sounds like a lovely way to start 40 :)
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Michelle! We get better with age so keep on celebrating :)
ReplyDeleteSound like a perfect birthday (minus the sick husband part). And be like a good wine Michelle.... just get better with age!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the 40's Michelle. I hope they treat you well. I would love a DS, what fun as I do play my kids sometimes, but I think I need to get them better games, lol!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! You're only as old as you feel. Or something like that. I spent the morning with my (almost) 94-year-old grandmother and my (almost) one-year-old daughter. Eh. Age is just a number. :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!!!! And ummm can I have some of those jelly belly's...I really really love them lol....
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, and congratulations on the contract.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had such a great birthday - can't fault it. :)
ReplyDeleteStill feel 17, myself.
Congrats on the contract, too.
Oh welcome to 40 (from another eight yr old). It is exactly the same and no more scary than all the other numbers. bad luck about the cold but glad you had a nice time anyway.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Michelle! love the Jelly Bellys. Watermelon was my fave. Glad you had a great day and good job news.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!!!! Yay for great celebrations, good times and new jobs. Oh and for laughing at naughty jokes, playing with dolls and loving computer games.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, hope you had a good day despite the snots!! Congrats on the new contract too hope it works out better for you than the last one.
ReplyDeleteWell happity happity happiest Birthday! Hope it was lovely
ReplyDeleteand you had funn
I play on the kids trampoline when noone can see me - and fifty is not THAT far away.....
Happy Birthday Michelle! Glad you had a festive weekend. I bought my son a DS so I could get the 100 Great Books... Great present!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday and welcome to the big 4oh! I personally reckon it's a great decade in so many ways.
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats on the job too!
happy birthday and you are only as old as you feel, sounds like wonderful day you had, wishes...
ReplyDeleteHaaaaaaaappy Biiiiiiiiirthday!
ReplyDeleteMake sure you get Yoshi's Island for the DS, it's the best. Am also intrigued by your mention of the new Steph - is it a companion to the Cook's Companion?
Congrats on the job!
happy birthday lovely. I wish I would get a DS for my birthday! and congrats on the job. that must be a huge relief. welcome to the 40's
ReplyDeletebelatedly - happy birthday. did you get a good drivers' licence pic? mine was crappy :-( i'm still 18. or 27 at the oldest.
ReplyDeleteoh happy birthday!!
ReplyDelete& i figure 40 is as old as you make it :-)