9 minutes left of birthday…

or 7 or 6 or 40, it depends on what you count. I first decided to sit down and blog about my birthday when my friends left my house. So at that point, it was 11:20 so I thought I’d name this “40 minutes of birthday.” But then the connection was so slow, I thought I’d reboot while I got ready for bed. By the time I got back, it was 12 minutes left of birthday, then 9, then…well now its 6.
So I’m writing this in a Word doc, who knows when it will actually get published. Why must dial up connections be so slow? I just don’t want to pay for connection so this is the price, I suppose.

My real topic…not griping about connection speed…is birthday reflections. Today I turned 29. I’m 29. I’ll be 30 in a year. I’m really ok with it. No, really. I am. I think it must be supernatural because most of my friends go through this sort of anxiety/panic thing and I’m just not sensing that. Maybe I will at 30, or 31. I don’t know, all I know is that 29 feels good. Like this is just right. Exactly where I’m supposed to be. I asked God this morning to make me conscious of things to be thankful of today. Well it happened this morning, and then it happened at my birthday party tonight.
It was a really fun party. A good mix of friends was here and we talked and ate cake and strawberries and some pretty scary fondue (it was chocolate, so really how scary can it be? Yeah, that’s what I thought too). But most of all, I just felt blessed and loved and cared for. I love seeing my friends connect with each other, even if they didn’t previously know each other. Real connection happened tonight, right here in my living room (which I mopped myself today….mopping the floor on my birthday was not one of the things I was thankful for, but now it is).
Well, the clock just turned to 12:00. Its May 29th. My birthday is over. In years past, I’ve had to do birthday re-do’s on the 29th because my real birthday just did not go well. I could tell tales.
This birthday, however, was not one of them. It was sweet. I had some alone time, which was good, but a lot of friend time as well. Thank you, sweet friends, who came to show love to me. And thank you, dear ones, who sent me love from afar and reminded me of the glory of my heart.
Wow. This year is going to be good.
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