Gratiutious Birthday Posting

The rumours are true. It's my birthday.

27 people, RECOGNIZE!

The day's already been a lot of fun. I woke up and opened Nena's presents for me.

For the record, I have the greatest wife ever.

The haul:

One Official Sodium Chloride Containment Unit
a copy of the new Arctic Monkeys album
a copy of All the President's Men
a copy of Scrubs: Season One

Yeah, Nena rules.

Then, after a breakfast of REAL Wheaties (Nena insisted I dine on my favorite cereal EVAR today as breakfast these days has consisted of eitehr Generic Wannabe Hyvee-brand Wheaties or oatmeal.)
I headed off to work, where I hoped to have my birthday slip by, unnoticed.

Why?

Cuz, I'm one of the younger people at work and I really, really didn't want to deal with an entire day's worth of

Coworker: How old are you?

Me: 27

Coworker: YOU'RE SUCH A BAAAAABY!!!

But, well, Nena showed up around 9ish with balloons and candy. She went to the front desk, signed in, told the front desk ladies it was my birthday and then went back to my office where she busted in on my meeting and embarassed me in front of, yknow, everyone and made everyone sing to me.

It ruled.

The front desk ladies, armed with their new intel sent out an all-building email telling EVERYONE it was my birthday.

This, also rules.

See, birthdays are always rough for me. One the one hand, I totally want to party. On the other hand, I'm a bit embarrassed by all the attention. Yknow? My inner attention whore is locked in mortal opposition with my inner introvert. I know this may be hard for people who were there for the Great Tunnel Party of 2000 to fathom. But it probably totally makes sense for those who were there for my 20th birthday- a Ruth mandated trip to my room for cava.

So yeah, this day is ruling. Definitely, one of the better birthdays I've had in a while. And really, I have Nena to thank for it all.

This post really isn't as eloquent as I'd wanted it to be, but well, I think jittery and jumbly is really how I feel right now. 26 was the setup for a great change. 27 is the execution of the plan so, yeah. Liminality baby. Love it....