Coffee Table Declarations
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Birthdays past and present:
October 6th, 1975 - As I've mentioned, I was born via c-section. Additionally my mother was given general anesthesia so she was out cold during my birth. In the recovery room later a nurse told her, "Mary, you've had a baby!" and my mother in her anesthetized stupor, remembers not asking the all important question of whether I was a boy or girl, but rather, "Really? Well, where is the baby?"
1982 - For my seventh birthday I invited a bunch of friends to a special McDonald's birthday party. We got to sit in a special room and eat special treats and play special games. What is so remarkable about this party however, is how we were all dressed up. I have a picture of us girls standing on the front steps in little dresses and hair ribbons, tights and fancy buckled shoes.
1991 - For my sixteenth birthday my friends somehow managed to negotiate with my parents to use the basement family room for an honest to goodness surprise party. They coordinated getting me out of the house and bringing me back to be surprised by a room full of people. A smashing success except for the beer someone brought in. My mom happened to see him out the window, unloading it from his car. She came downstairs, pulled me aside, and said, "Katie, get that out of here before Dad finds out." I handed her my open beer can and said, "O.K., hold this and I'll see what I can do."
1994 - On my nineteenth birthday I gathered with the girls in my dorm and sometime late in the evening committed drunken dialing. I started calling up ex-boyfriends, friends I hadn't spoken to in ages, all just out of the blue to tell them, "Hey, today's my birthday!"
1998 - On my twenty-third birthday I was stood up! I sat in my room crying when my date for the evening went missing. The bastard! A sympathetic friend finally dragged me out for a drink but it was a birthday barely salvaged.
2000 - I had a superfun time with a huge group of friends from work. We all went out to a local bar and grill and because it was a Friday night we stayed well into the night, talking and laughing.
2003 - I was taken to the Hard Rock Cafe where I was forced to stand on a chair in front of the whole restaurant while they sung happy birthday to me. A thoughtful person remembered I wanted to go there (the very same place I spent my 21st birthday) and then told them it was my birthday so the embarrassment could ensue!
2004 - So far so great! This morning I came out of my room to find that my roommate had made a huge colorful birthday sign on the kitchen wall, and had baked blueberry muffins. And as if that wasn't enough, there were gifts! Arriving at work a thoughtful coworker gave me flowers which are being displayed proudly so everyone will know what day it is. When the mail arrived there was a package for me from a dear friend! Tonight I get to go out for Mexican food, my favorite. I'll have an update tomorrow on the rest of the day!
October 6th, 1975 - As I've mentioned, I was born via c-section. Additionally my mother was given general anesthesia so she was out cold during my birth. In the recovery room later a nurse told her, "Mary, you've had a baby!" and my mother in her anesthetized stupor, remembers not asking the all important question of whether I was a boy or girl, but rather, "Really? Well, where is the baby?"
1982 - For my seventh birthday I invited a bunch of friends to a special McDonald's birthday party. We got to sit in a special room and eat special treats and play special games. What is so remarkable about this party however, is how we were all dressed up. I have a picture of us girls standing on the front steps in little dresses and hair ribbons, tights and fancy buckled shoes.
1991 - For my sixteenth birthday my friends somehow managed to negotiate with my parents to use the basement family room for an honest to goodness surprise party. They coordinated getting me out of the house and bringing me back to be surprised by a room full of people. A smashing success except for the beer someone brought in. My mom happened to see him out the window, unloading it from his car. She came downstairs, pulled me aside, and said, "Katie, get that out of here before Dad finds out." I handed her my open beer can and said, "O.K., hold this and I'll see what I can do."
1994 - On my nineteenth birthday I gathered with the girls in my dorm and sometime late in the evening committed drunken dialing. I started calling up ex-boyfriends, friends I hadn't spoken to in ages, all just out of the blue to tell them, "Hey, today's my birthday!"
1998 - On my twenty-third birthday I was stood up! I sat in my room crying when my date for the evening went missing. The bastard! A sympathetic friend finally dragged me out for a drink but it was a birthday barely salvaged.
2000 - I had a superfun time with a huge group of friends from work. We all went out to a local bar and grill and because it was a Friday night we stayed well into the night, talking and laughing.
2003 - I was taken to the Hard Rock Cafe where I was forced to stand on a chair in front of the whole restaurant while they sung happy birthday to me. A thoughtful person remembered I wanted to go there (the very same place I spent my 21st birthday) and then told them it was my birthday so the embarrassment could ensue!
2004 - So far so great! This morning I came out of my room to find that my roommate had made a huge colorful birthday sign on the kitchen wall, and had baked blueberry muffins. And as if that wasn't enough, there were gifts! Arriving at work a thoughtful coworker gave me flowers which are being displayed proudly so everyone will know what day it is. When the mail arrived there was a package for me from a dear friend! Tonight I get to go out for Mexican food, my favorite. I'll have an update tomorrow on the rest of the day!
