Birfdays was the worst days
Is it bad that I'm already thinking about my birthday?
Keep in mind that my birthday is September 19. That's over two months away.
But from the ages of about 12-16, I never had a birthday that quite matched my expectations of what a birthday should be. My parents are pretty blase about the whole birthday thing. They don't care about gifts or cake or celebrations for themselves, and so they didn't really make birthdays a big deal for my brother or me. I spent my fifteenth birthday in tears . . . embarrassing to recollect now, but just one of those expectations-not-matching-reality things. Plus I was fifteen.
I think most grown-up people are OK with not going birthday crazy. It's just not a big deal. But as much as I tell myself it doesn't matter, I still feel like it does.
But nobody's going to plan this stuff for me.
So, I'm already thinking: what am I going to do to this year?
Just you wait and see.
Keep in mind that my birthday is September 19. That's over two months away.
But from the ages of about 12-16, I never had a birthday that quite matched my expectations of what a birthday should be. My parents are pretty blase about the whole birthday thing. They don't care about gifts or cake or celebrations for themselves, and so they didn't really make birthdays a big deal for my brother or me. I spent my fifteenth birthday in tears . . . embarrassing to recollect now, but just one of those expectations-not-matching-reality things. Plus I was fifteen.
I think most grown-up people are OK with not going birthday crazy. It's just not a big deal. But as much as I tell myself it doesn't matter, I still feel like it does.
But nobody's going to plan this stuff for me.
So, I'm already thinking: what am I going to do to this year?
Just you wait and see.
posted by Melanie at 11:58 PM
