/1/ Today is my birthday.
/2/ I'm 35.
/3/ My mom calls me every year on this day at 5:48 p.m., at the exact minute I was born. Never fails.
/4/ Speaking of my mom, she had to cancel a tennis date on the day I was born.
/5/ I have two younger brothers.
/6/ They are tall.
/7/ One of them celebrates his birthday the day after me. It makes my phone call to him on his birthday pretty short, because we already spent time chit-chatting on my birthday, when he called me. I always feel like he gets cheated because of that.
/8/ The other one gets his birthday month all to himself. I wonder sometimes if he's glad about that, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't care. At all.
/9/ Two years ago I turned 33 in Peru.
/10/ Ten years ago I turned 25 on the day I closed on my very first home purchase.
/11/ I don't have a lucky number, per se, but I do claim 7 as my favorite number. It's in my birth month, date, and year. And it was my volleyball jersey number in high school.
/12/ I am a little superstitious about odd numbers being preferential to even ones. In school, I'd much rather be graded a 95 than a 98. And I have never felt great that of the five addresses I've had as an adult, only one of them has had an odd street number.
/13/ It's why I'm excited to be 35, rather than 34. And that it's 2013, instead of 2012. It's a good time for me.
/14/ I have this crazy phobia of styrofoam.
/15/ Cheese is my favorite food, but cheesecake is not my favorite dessert.
/16/ Carrot cake is. Dense, homemade ones are best.
/17/ I run so that I can eat cheese and carrot cake. But more cheese.
/18/ I've run two half-marathons, which is basically a full. In my head it is, anyway.
/19/ My awesome sister-in-law has run a for-real full marathon, but that's not why she's awesome. It's just one of the awesome things she's done.
/20/ I've worked for the same boss since I was 22.
/21/ In the very first company retreat I attended, there were about six people there. This was us last month:
/22/ Sometimes I wonder what it's like to work with people you don't like. I can't relate.
/23/ Cooking is therapeutic for me.
/24/ I have a few go-to, repeat recipes, but mostly I like to try new ones.
/25/ When I was little, my friends and I were all the time planning dance routines to showcase, or duets to sing for
/26/ I don't even like to play Charades.
/27/ I have never broken a bone.
/28/ But I sure have taken some tumbles and have the scars to prove it.
/29/ I sleep every night with my two baby blankets. They travel everywhere with me. Shameless.
/30/ Even though it's an even number, I quite enjoyed turning 30. And I never dread getting one year older.
/31/ On my 17th birthday, I got my ears pierced, gifted to me by my cousin Emily.
/34/ My birthday celebration this year is lasting days. I am so grateful for the people who love me so well!
/35/ I'm hopeful this year is my best yet. And it's an odd year, so that bodes well.
I love this Robyn -- I call my son at exactly 5:55 p.m. (time he was born) every year on his birthday. That is too funny. Hope you had a marvelous day!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kris! It's been a great day!
ReplyDeleteGiggles on #32. I have mixed feelings about this as well.
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