So, today is my birthday. I am 40 years old. First of all, I would like to thank everyone that wished me a happy birthday. You made me feel truly special. I even got a Happy Birthday a day early from my buddy, Dan in New Zealand.
I have been thinking about how everyone reacts differently to birthdays, especially older ones. Most of my friends that hear that I am turning 40 seem to want to give me condolences. It is as if getting older is a bad thing. It really isn’t. The bottom line is that having a birthday signifies the fact that I am alive. I personally am not ready for the alternative. So birthdays, keep on comin’.
For me, today could not have possibly gone bad. My wife threw me an awesome surprise birthday party two weeks ago which was so awesome that anything that happened today was truly icing on the cake. That being said, I had a great day. It started with playing golf with my buddy Nick. I was very happy he could come out and play despite the fact of being newly married. We had the slowest round of golf EVER. I remember great conversations, and I think we played golf too. After golf I hung out with the family and opened up two presents from my sons. Afterwards, my wife got a babysitter and she and I hung out for a couple of hours. Very cool. We had chinese food for dinner and homemade carrot cake for dessert. The carrot cake was awesome, made just the way I like it, cream cheese frosting with absolutely no additions beyond carrots. That’s right, no nuts and definitely no raisins. It was pure, unadulterated carrot cake. Then to top it all off, I get a butt load of Facebook birthday wishes to remind me that there are people in the world that think about me. If for no other reason, birthday wishes are why everyone should be happy about birthdays.
So, to commemorate my birthday blog, I would like to share my most favorite birthday songs, three of them actually:
3. Birthday by the Beatles
2. Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder
1. And my favorite birthday song of all-time: The Birthday Song by Jon Lavoie
WARNING!!! The following song has explicit lyrics. If you do not like bad words or language that describes adult acts or anything that might be considered naughty and unacceptable to be played in church, then DO NOT LISTEN to the song. Ye Be Warned Says I.
But it is really funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Youp9r30hjs
Thanks everyone. Happy Birthday to me.
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