Last Monday was my birthday and it was one of those that end in 9. Those birthdays always seem weird to me because I'm still in the same decade, but time is rushing me to the next one. I did have a wonderful lunch at my parents' house on Sunday and my coworkers brought a breakfast feast to the office on Monday morning. I ate lunch with my best friend, but had to cancel a supper out with my kids that evening when the weather got icy. Our school closed at 2 p.m. and I joked that they decided to close because it was my birthday.
I was home by 2:30, but I had to work a little longer. You see, as the president of our state's financial aid association, I had a phone interview scheduled for 3 p.m. At the appointed time, I placed the call to the education reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Yes, that's right, a phone interview with the AJC. I was prepped; I was ready; I was nervous. Thankfully it went well and in 20 minutes it was over. Whew!
The rest of the evening was rather sedate, watching the weather reports and tatting. Then I got a call around 7:30 from a friend who wanted to bring her daughter over to spend the night since their power had been off several hours. No problem. I just made popcorn for the impromptu sleepover.
Psalms 144:15b Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!
So on my weird end-of-the-decade birthday, I got eat with all of my friends, leave work early for 'free', watch freezing rain fall and ice buildup on everything, spoke with a reporter, and welcomed a chilly child into my warm house. And you know, it all made me happy and I wouldn't have changed a thing.
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