Happy Birthday to Me!! February 4, 2015

So, along with really not liking winter (I try really hard to not say "hate"), I really don't like my birthday, which is today.  I love the fact that I am here another year, but there is nothing good about a February birthday...at least not the beginning of February birthday.   The weather today is surprisingly nice...42 degrees!  Shoved between two days where the wind chills were 25 degrees yesterday, and are supposed to be 25 degrees tomorrow,  today seems balmy.   Still, it isn't 82 degrees, like it usually is for Matthew's birthday, or Anna's birthday...in fact, it could be 82 degrees for all 5 of my children's birthdays.

With the exception of Jack, where we didn't give it much thought, it was a pretty conscious decision to have all 5 of our children in nice, warm months, largely because I can't stand my birthday.   My five children are all born between May 7th, and November 9th--the nicest 6 months of the year.   The year Lily was born, I think it went up to 80 degrees for the four days around her birth on November 9th...the whole time I was in the hospital.  Matthew's birthday on May 7th is always warm, Anna is in August, so it is usually downright hot, and Jack and Timmy are born in the beginning of October...always gorgeous!!

Jack texted me this morning at 2:30 am to tell me Happy Birthday.  He has a Physics test today, and had another one yesterday, so he hasn't slept.   It was very nice of him, but I heard the phone ding, and I really didn't go back to sleep.    I heard from my sister, Lisa, my friend from 3rd grade, Sima, and Missy, and Leslie, and Ellen....really, really nice to hear from these old friends.

I spent most of my day at McKinley selling candy for Kiss the Cast for the play--really fun, and I was surrounded by candy, and Lily, who came to help.  Tonight, Timmy has a basketball game...another fun way to spend an evening.   We will be celebrating on Sunday...a dinner at Iron Hill Brewery in Chesnut Hill, which is my new favorite restaurant!!    A great birthday on a not so nice day!!