Twenty-Four

This year my birthday fell on a Wednesday. The one Wednesday of the month where I was in charge of the Young Women's activity. It was also my first time ever planning and conducting a Young Women's activity. I'm sure I could have gotten out of it, but I just figured it would be a good experience and Jay and I could celebrate my birthday that weekend.

On Wednesday morning I woke up after Jay left for work. Normally I wake up to a text from him but this morning there was nothin. I was a bit bummed. I mean, it was my birthday! So I sent him a text saying good morning. He responded with a good morning, but no happy birthday. I knew he didn't forget, I just figured things were busy at work.

I went about my morning taking care of Kella and eating breakfast. Around 8:00 Jay came in through the back door with a card and bouquet of flowers in his hand and said, "Psh, like I would work on your birthday." 

It was a lovely surprise!

He then gave me two presents- a small one and a big one. The small one: Shower caps. [A couple weeks ago he used my last shower cap. It bothered me much more than it should have. I'll blame that on the pregnancy hormones.] It made me laugh and I was pretty thrilled to have some new caps. The big one: Getting our piano tuned! I've been dying to do this since we inherited the piano in May but with all the expenses we've had since moving in, tuning the piano got put on the bottom of the list.

Jay gave me rein of the day. We could go out or we could stay in, it was my choice. I wanted to go out and do something special since it was my birthday and Jay had taken the time off work. But honestly, there's nothing to do in Battle Creek. Ha. So I chose to stay in. We got lunch at Jimmy Johns and it was the most delicious lunch experience. We spent the rest of the afternoon watching Friends, then I went to Young Women's. I came home and ate dinner with Jay, then he presented me with a delicious cake while singing a beautiful and hilarious rendition of Happy Birthday.

I've always felt like a birthday snob. If the day isn't special I get frustrated. Maybe it's because when I was little birthdays were such a big deal, but getting older birthdays have started to feel too similar to just an ordinary day. Maybe I finally grew up this year because all day I felt nothing but sincere gratitude and contentment. Between my loving husband who spent the day catering to me, all of the wonderful birthday wishes from my sweet family and friends, and the fact that there is a little one in my belly due to arrive in exactly six months from today, my 24th birthday, I'd say it was one of the best birthdays ever.