Birthday weird

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On Friday I turn another year older. Thirty-four years on earth. I’ve written about it before, but I’m pretty weird about my own birthday. I want to celebrate but I hate the attention. I love making a fuss about other people on their birthdays, but when it comes to my own… I freak out. For weeks now my little sister and my Ma have been asking me, “What do you want to do on your birthday?”

I’ve toyed between a breakfast or a lunch, but it’s all a bit hard with Luella’s new sleep routine and everyone’s work schedules. I decided lunch today would work. We’d scoot over to one of my favourite places after swimming lessons for a quick bite. Then we discovered that it’s not open on Wednesdays. So that plan is out the window.

This year I decided I wouldn’t be weird. I’d embrace it and celebrate it. But the weird crept in. “Oh don’t worry about it, I’m happy to do nothing.”

I decided that when people asked me what I wanted for my birthday that I wouldn’t make their lives difficult by saying, “Oh, I don’t want anything.”

I told my little sister that I wanted a dot-the-dot book that I saw in a cute book shop a few months back. {Go ahead laugh, but it’s a REALLY cool book for adults}. I told Hubby that I wanted a bike {also a really cool matte black bike with pink rims – you wait ’til you see it!}.

I also made plans to spoil myself on the morning, using up my Mother’s Day gift voucher for a massage and facial.

I know I’ll have a good day, but one year I’m going to be decisive and completely comfortable with celebrating getting another year older. Because this is the youngest I’ll ever be, right? And that NEEDS to be celebrated!

What do you do on your birthday? Celebrate it? Scream about it? Or let it slide by?

Image by Dominik.

16 thoughts on “Birthday weird”

  1. I just LOVE birthdays! And not just my friend’s but my own,too. I like to turn a year older and celebrate the time I’ve already been here and to be excited for all that is still in store for me. Like Forrest Gump said “You never know what you’ll get” Life’s an adventure and a blessing- all in one. And since I don’t know for how much longer I’ll be here, I’d just like to enjoy the moments- small and big, either at work, at home, with family and friends or on my own. You know, for me celebrating a birthday is closing one circle of my life and opening another one. The positive wins!
    I love me some of my fave chocolate cake and my closest friends and family around me on my birthday with lots of joy, music and dance. And in the evening I always do cook a chili with beef meat cut into small cubes (I don’t like the mincemeat in it) and chocolate. I just do it once a year and so far I’ve been successful without any complains.

    ~Life is beautiful.Always.~
    (you just need to find back to that if you’re in a troublesome situation)

  2. I feel you, the attention is not my thing either (why are we bloggers?) except I’m not sure what having a normal birthday feels like, I am New Years Day so everyone bangs on about wanting to do something for it so eventually I cave and say ok, then it comes around and it’s always a total downer, hangovers, exhaustion and people who are just over the indulging. And I always get the sense they feel that I am lucky they turned up at all. Hehehe.

  3. I love birthdays, even my own! It’s such a great excuse to catch up with family and friends countless times! And to help myself to perhaps more than one coffee eclair 😉

    staceylives.blogspot.com

  4. I love birthdays including mine. I really think birthdays are something to be celebrated, after all, getting older is a privilege denied to many. Me, my mum and hubby have birthdays within a week of each other, so there’s always a bit of a birthday festival going on round ours. I make birthday cakes for everyone in the office on their birthday, it’s kind of a faux surprise, because in my humble opinion, a birthday without cake isn’t really a birthday!

  5. Funny, I get it. Last year I was weird. But this year I embraced by 45th birthday and had breakfast with a friend, lunch with a different friend, dinner with hubby and son, used a spa voucher with my dear friend the next morning followed-up with brunch and a spot of shopping, then takeaway dinner at our place with family that night. I took control this year and everyone just seem to fit in. I felt like a spoiled princess for a couple of days — for a change. That’s what our birthdays should be about!

  6. Can’t wait to see the new bike!! My birthday is the 25th of this month- my sons are the 26th and 28th…. party week in our house. HaPpY BiRtHDay to you x

  7. When it comes to birthdays I’m completely up for it. I figure that people are going to buy me something regardless, so I make there lives so much easier by creating wishlists on pinterest. My theory has always been I’d rather someone spend $5 on something I want than $50 on something for the sake of it. Works a treat.
    After a few years of waiting for the magic to happen, I realised I was the organiser in our family so proceeded to tell people what I was doing on the day and if they wanted to tag along, great. This year I booked us into a fancy hotel with a swimming pool that overlooked the city, all the mister had to do was hand over his credit card and he couldn’t have been happier. Win win

  8. Happy Birthday! I turned 31 last week (just typing those two numbers together is still giving me chills!). I LOVE to celebrate everyones birthday, except for my own. I don’t like to be the centre of attention, and it makes me uncomfortable. I spent my 30th birthday in hospital with our youngest baby boy who decided to arrive 8 weeks early and to get my (lovely) friends off my back for not having a 30th, a small group of us went out for dinner on Saturday night to our local thai restaurant. As apprehensive as I was about going, I really enjoyed the night. I also made a version of the white chocolate and violet crumble cake and oh my goodness, it was DIVINE!! Thank you!

  9. I know exactly what you mean as I have always felt that way about my birthday. Almost like I want to quietly get older on my own without anyone knowing and then regret it until the next one. Happy birthday for Friday

  10. Enjoy it. I turn 48 next week – where that time went I don’t know. But I think of it now as a privilege to be my age, and I’m going to love every minute of it. For me and for one of my friends who didn’t get to make it past 30. Have a wonderful birthday xx

  11. 4th January – when you have a big one or actually want to celebrate, no one’s ever around, but normally no – don’t like to make a big deal. Feel sorry for my baby sister – 2nd Jan, everyone’s still hungover for hers!

  12. Happy Birthday. I recently turned 35. My husband was away so I did NOTHING (well I took the kids to cross country and ordered pizza for dinner). My 6 year old spent the morning trying to give me all his favourite toys. It made me realise that the kids wanted to celebrate with me. We had a play date planned for the next day so we made a cake to take but it is something for me to remember for next time!

  13. Happy early birthday! Good for you for taking some time for yourself and taking advantage of your wonderful day. I, like you, get a bit weird on my birthday too. Almost like I don’t want to intrude on people’s day by dictating my preferences. Kudos to you though for realizing–it’s your day after all!

    I love that dot to dot book idea and the massage isn’t half bad either!

    Enjoy your day!
    Maria
    cmntsblog.blogspot.com

  14. A happy birthday for tomorrow! I actually enjoy the attention I get because usually I’m so busy rushing around after my 3 kids and working that what I want never gets a look in. I don’t really think about the actual age anyway because when you look at it, being in our thirties and all that we’ve achieved, and what YOU have achieved, is pretty fantastic! We’re in the prime of our lives I believe. I look forward to introducing myself at the Creative Business Women’s High Tea, I’m a bit of fan! Emily

  15. OMG I loooooove birthdays. They are the best and should absolutely be celebrated in whatever way works for you. Big or small there must be cake though. It just doesn’t seem right to me if there is no cake. There WILL be cake, right?

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