ramblings on...

Not quite ready to do the four wheeling fun post yet...sorry but been having computer connectivity issues which has made picture things aggravating at best. But thought I should at least write something today...so..hmm...what tale to tell? or what thought to expound on? my life is boring pretty much most of the time. Oh I have fun but somehow the fun of late hasn't been the kind that generates itself into good stories.
Recently, much thought and conversation has gone into my upcoming birthday with certain ( Pinkie aka LMSS) parties. She was wanting to do something for me a party gathering type thing. Which is sweet of her but because of my own stress level the thought of even someone else planning and all a party/gathering is too much for me so I thanked her and asked that we not do anything like that, she was understanding if not a bit disappointed. This year, even though it is a more major birthday in terms of age ( I will be 40) I really just want to "celebrate"in some relaxed effortless way. On my birthday I will be working so doing anything that day is out for the most part and since most of the people that are local to me that I care anything about will either be at work with me or at work somewhere. I prefer to be at work on my birthdays especially when they fall during the week. I mean, what else are you going to do? sit around and twiddle your thumbs waiting for everyone else to get off work? What a depressing thought that is! But then I also find the thought of most birthday parties depressing too. I have had several good birthdays in my life one just a few years ago and was thanks to Pinkie and crew. pinkie knows how to do birthdays! And she is respectful of the fact that while I don't mind acknowledgement of my friends of my birthday I do NOT wish to ever be sung to in a restaurant or have a spot light similar to that on me. Save the spot light for my funeral please in fact don't do it then either. I prefer to be with my friends enjoying myself and them enjoying themselves than anyone feeling like they have to be there and be happy too. And if all my friends can't be there no biggie. Small groups are more fun. Dinner and a movie, a festival of some sort (having a fall birthday is great in that respect you have several to choose from here locally you have the catfish festival and the Renaissance festival) some sort of show ( symphony, ballet, concert) sports event, the list goes on...this year is going to be a bit weird because two of the three people I have been doing birthdays with for the past few years are married and the other one has dropped off the grid so it will be a whole new group which will be strange. to not be planning a celebration with pinkie, vetboy, and baseballguy is just kind of wrong somehow. I know pinkie you offered! But that is not the same. that is just you not the four of us. we usually did a movie thing. Pinkie's birthday is close to mine and somehow my movie was always better than hers. the year I picked Shall we dance ? she picked Shark Tales! OK so maybe that was the only year it was really better but it was. You know because of friends like Pinkie, vetboy, baseballguy, disco queen, sweet pea and hotpink my 30's were not half bad at all in fact they were much better than my most of 20's even thought about being. thanks guys! love ya! You know though with the recent additions to my friends my 40's ( eek!) look to be even better.