In honor of...me

And I am officially, truly, really now 21. It is 11:23 p.m., the anniversary of my birth: 03-30-1983 at 23:23. Nice timing on my part, I must say. I was three days early.... I was supposed to be born on April 3, which would explain the name. (But from now until the end of April I'll have plenty of explaining to do. I've heard all the jokes and questions, believe you me. April showers.... Hey, did you know it's your month?! So were you born in April? [When I was younger my friend's grandpa took to calling me "Junebug"....] I still try to give a courtesy laugh for each new old joke, but it gets harder as the years go by.) Let me just say thanks, Mom and Dad, for not adjusting the name to fit the month. March doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

You know those retro bubble umbrellas? (This does relate---just stay with me.) Well, I always wanted one. I never really thought about it, but the desire dwelled somewhere in the recesses of my mind. And the other day I found one. (At a thrift store for $2.50, thanks very much.) It's awesome. Now you really have an excuse to call me April Showers.

By the way, today's weather was definitely worthy of my namesake: sunny in the morning, windy all day and rainy and cool in the afternoon and evening. Very apropos for my birthday.

I like my co-workers. We always use any birthday or similar event as an excuse to bring food. Today was no exception. They decided on a circus theme (because I like elephants...although the joke was that it was because I used to be in the circus...but no, I'm not that cool). So we had circusy food (cracker jacks, cupcakes, circus animal cookies, lollipops, etc.) and tried to make balloon animals. Fun stuff. I think I've certainly reached my sugar quota for the day...and week.

So it's been a decent birthday. It hasn't felt much like my birthday, and I certainly don't feel 21. Still 15. Definitely still 15. Which is perfectly OK with me.

Note: I'm not currently on my computer posting this at 11:23; I'm just scheduling it to post then (ah, the wonders of technology...thanks, Typepad!). I'm definitely not on my computer but off doing all sorts of exciting birthday things! ... In fact, I am most likely asleep because, after all, I have to work in the morning.

Comments

[Cleave]

Yay! 21! And the umbrella is fabulous!

[Jimmy]

Happy Birthday!

[Rus]

Happy birthday! I love the umbrella. I remember them the first time around! :)

[m]

My new birthday tradition is to allow the celebrations last at least a week. I hope you have fun things to do for the next 7 days!

The umbrella reminds me of Princess Margaret ( the Princess Diana of her day) who used those kind clear umbrellas.

[Izzy]

Feliz Cumpleaños April :-)

Welcome to the world of the officially legal. Now nothing is restricted to you...except maybe for renting a car.

...staying 15-16 is the way to go, I've been hanging around that age for a few years now.

[April]

Thanks, folks, for the birthday wishes! I like that weeklong birthday idea. Sounds good to me. (Of course, this entire month is mine, so I can take my time and live it up.) I figure that as long as I can laugh at myself I'll never run out of fun things to do.

[Charlie]

Belated congratulations, April! You're 13 hours younger than my daughter... I knew there was a reason why I enjoyed reading your blog so much! Great umbrella - brings back memories of the 70's.