Bittersweet Birthday
Life May 3rd, 2008 |As of today, I’m officially old enough to be elected President of the United States — 35. I believe this is my last age-related milestone before official senior citizen status, though there may be something I’m not remembering.
Any birthday festivities are being delayed, though, for a few reasons. Firstly, I’m spending part of the day shooting a wedding for a friend’s daughter. They asked me to be their photographer last year sometime, I agreed, and then later on when they told me the finalized date…well, I didn’t want to back out and disappoint them, and it’ll still be a fun way to spend the afternoon. Prairie and I just figured that we’d do our own little celebration here at home in the evening (though probably saving birthday cake for a later day, as there’ll likely be wedding cake during the day).
Unfortunately, Prairie’s grandmother passed away earlier this week, and Prairie flew down to California to be with her family for the funeral — which is today as well. She says that she’s enjoying the trip, as even though it’s for a funeral, it’s also the first time in years that that entire clan has assembled (they had dinner for 28 people last night). She’s also taken a ton of pictures of everything, and says there’s a chance she might actually fill the 1Gb card we keep in her camera — a major event, as she tends to take about one picture for every 50-100 that I do (I’m so proud of her)!
So, definitely not a Worst Birthday EVAR, but not a Best Birthday EVAR either. Prairie comes back in to Seattle tomorrow afternoon, so we’ll probably go out to lunch somewhere and then come home to let her crash out. We’ll find a time for birthday celebrations and cake later on, perhaps next weekend.
In the meantime, if anyone feels sorry for me has too much money and wants to spend some on me is overly generous feels benevolent and wants to get me a present, I have a couple wishlists available through Wishlistr or Amazon. Hey, it’s my birthday, I’m allowed to do this, right?
[See also: Prairie’s birthday | Wishlistr | Weekend Plans | Loot! | Another Valentine’s Day Present ]






May 3rd, 2008 at 9:08 am
Happy birthday to my boy! (Kima says happy birthday too, and she says to tell you they were having a birthday surfing competition in your honor at Moonlight Beach this morning.) I miss you, and I wish I was there to celebrate with you.
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:19 am
Happy birthday, dude! Enjoy the wedding!
May 3rd, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Happy birthday, sir! Take photographs of yourself with the bride. This will be sure to be a big hit.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:03 pm
In 15 years, you’ll be eligible to join AARP. I’m less than 4 years away from that milestone myself, so I can tell you that there isn’t really anything worth celebrating between ages 35 and 46. I don’t really want to celebrate my hurting knees or the deterioration in my spelling capability…
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Have a happy Michael!
May 4th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Thanks everyone!
May 4th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Happy Birthday, Michael. You mum and I were out at Meier Lake for a Deanery Meeting, then had to go to a fundraiser for Christ Church, but you were in our thoughts and prayers, as with Prairie. You’d make a much better President than most.
May 5th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Hey, you’d get my vote - I’m sure you’d be better than Cthulu…