Two blogs in two days? Must be a record or something!
#ormaybenot
Shhhhh.
Today is my birthday. I’m that guy who really would prefer to be in the background of most things. I don’t have that “look at me” personality that some do, nor do I crave that attention, which makes birthdays hard for me.
Yes, I enjoy celebrating it, but low-key celebrate. A little bit of cake, a present or two, but otherwise, if the rest of the world did not know, I would be quite ok. However, that never, ever seems to happen. I can’t be too upset because people enjoy it so it’s all good. Just sometimes wish I could curl up with a book and Diet Coke on my birthday. That never seems to happen! 🙂
On Saturday, my brother gave me the pretty cool gift of The Empire Strikes Back movie played on the big screen with the soundtrack played by a local orchestra. It was so very awesome because you get used to the soundtrack playing in the background. However, with the rich sound of an orchestra playing right in front of you, sometimes, I just stopped watching the movie to watch the musicians!
Both he and my wife are some of the more thoughtful people I’ve ever come across. They both think about others so much and I’m grateful to have them both in my life. I wish I had that gene in my own system. 🙂
For my birthday, I’ll go home and mow the backside of our property. It’s been raining so much over the last few days that we’ve not been able to mow. Today is the one day this week where rain is not in the forecast. My wife has to stay after for an early elementary concert, so it gives me time to get a couple of things done. Nothing huge, just time.
Thanks for reading this far. I’ve lost confidence in my writing (heck, just in general), losing a streak of 200+ visitors per month that I’ve had for years because I’m simply not putting words on the page.
All streaks are meant to be broken, so we’ll see where we go.
Enjoy your day and try to be that person who people who helps people believe in the goodness of others! ❤
April 30, 2024 at 3:59 pm
Happy Birthday! Enjoy some quiet time. I love when that happens on my birthday! May I ask where in Iowa? I grew up in Davenport, Iowa and will be in Des Moines this weekend – do hope for sun and not rain. Thanks for writing again.
April 30, 2024 at 9:59 pm
We are up in the Northeast corner, near Wesr Union. I’m not sure how the weather will go this weekend, but my lawnmowing got rained out! 🙂
April 30, 2024 at 4:28 pm
Glad that you are writing again. And happy birthday! I would love to see the Empire Strikes Back with a live orchestra. May this next trip around the sun include more writing and more confidence!
April 30, 2024 at 10:01 pm
It was a pretty awesome experience for sure. Thank you for the kind words. That’s my hope as well. 🙂
April 30, 2024 at 6:35 pm
Nice post! …and happy birthday.
April 30, 2024 at 10:01 pm
Thank you, Paul! 🙂
April 30, 2024 at 8:01 pm
Happy Birthday! What an awesome gift! That would be so cool to experience a movie like that!
April 30, 2024 at 10:02 pm
It was a pretty incredible experience for sure! 🙂
May 1, 2024 at 1:44 am
Happy Birthday! I hope you had some delicious cake and many reasons to smile on your birthday. May the new year be filled with joy and happiness. I love your last sentence.
May 2, 2024 at 1:14 pm
Thank you! We had a mug cake (chocolate cake made in a mug) and that was delicious! 🙂 Thank you!
May 1, 2024 at 5:37 am
Happy birthday! I hope your birthday was all you wanted:)
May 2, 2024 at 1:13 pm
It was low key, which was quite already with me! 🙂