Friday, May 2, 2008

It's Today! Yay!

Happy Birthday to ME
Happy Birthday to ME
TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY
Happy Birthday to ME!!!

In honor of my birthday, I decided to actually eat the fatty part of the bacon this morning.

As I watch Elmo on Sesame Street singing inanely "weather, weather, weather, weather, wea-ea-ea-ea-ther," with Lara sitting next to me helping me eat bacon, and the baby sitting in my lap because he WON'T be put down, I reflect on turning 29. It's the official last year of my youth. My next birthday, I will be an Adult. My skin will start to sag, I'll start putting on weight, and my spine will begin deteriorating. I may need dentures soon.

On the flip side, I am a little ahead of the game. I have 2 kids and I'm married. We have a house in the suburbs and Ryan is gainfully employed. I feel like I've met my quota. I don't have anything pressing I need to get done between now and then.

So here comes 30. And I say, bring it on.

And Shannon-- you're next. :)

16 comments:

Anna Farley said...

Don't forget about hearing. You'll probably lose that, too.

Colleen said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR CARYN,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

No, I didn't forget, but since you are coming down next weekend, I thought we could do something then.

And 30 wasn't so bad; neither was 40. It was 50 that got me and you have a looong way to go for that!!

Colleen said...

I was going to call you earlier today, but when I went to call, I realized I left my cell phone at home and I didn't know your number without it, and I have a meeting tonight, so I will have to call tonight after my meeting.

Carynanne said...

UNbelievable. MY OWN mother.

Colleen said...

HEY!! Wait a minute!! I DID call you - right after I posted and even BEFORE my meeting!
Still, I am disappointed that you are not coming down. I understand, but I am still disappointed. I guess I can relegate myself to a long distance grandma who may get to see her grandkids once a year if she's lucky, thanks to the gas prices. CURSE THESE OIL CARTELS!!

Carynanne said...

I was looking at electric cars online. An awesome idea, except they're only good for like 40 miles. I guess that's the beauty of the hybrid.
We are planning on coming down- I just want to wait till we can ALL go. It'll probably only be a couple weeks longer. Lara is constantly asking to go to Grama's house, so it's never far from my thoughts.

Shannon said...

Whatever. I'm going to be 25 forever.

I did call you Caryn, hopefully you got my fantastic message. I didn't major in music for nothing.

And mom, did you know that the road from here to there goes both ways???

Carynanne said...

Yeah, but mom doesn't get summers off. :)

Shannon said...

Uh, who else has summers off? Not me and not Adam.

Carynanne said...

You're right! You have to work all the way through the summer, don't you? ;)

Shannon said...

Are you insinuating that raising a child isn't work? Because if so, you're just as unemployed as I am, honey. And I'm pregnant too, so I'm working even harder!! (not harder than you, because you have two kids, but harder than I did, say, last summer)

Colleen said...

And the battle rages on!!

Yes, Shannon, I know the road goes both ways, but I just spent $433 to get my brakes done because the rotors and pads were bad, and I don't have air conditioning in my car anymore because it decided to quit, too, and that will cost me in excess of $1000 to fix. I'm not really sure how I'm going to do that, so for now, I am driving with the windows down and that would be a very uncomfortable ride for 6 hours in the summer heat, so for now, I will just wait for them to come visit me.

Anybody got a spare $1000...? :)

Carynanne said...

Just write a check, mommy.

Shannon said...

No AC???? Time for a new car. Seriously, you need to do it.

Colleen said...

The problem with getting a new car is that I still owe $1200 on this one and it won't be worth much of a trade-in with no a/c in Florida. I've already played out all of that in my mind. I guess I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and put it on my credit card. I can go for a little while longer, but not much. It's not too hot yet, but I'm sure it won't be soon.

Caryn, if I wrote a check, will you come visit me in JAIL!???

Colleen said...

That didn't come out right. I meant that it isn't hot yet, but it won't be nice anymore soon. I just thought I should clarify that.