I’ve never liked my birthdays.
Growing up all I wanted was a birthday party with friends at a roller rink. I’ll be honest, a birthday party with friends anywhere, would have been nice.
What I got year after year was a family birthday party with photo ops in front of an ice cream birthday cake with flowers on it. Some years, my sister and I would fight over who would get the pink rose from the cake. That kind of birthday celebration got dull, pretty quickly.
At one point, I told my mother I didn’t like cake so she would stop her humdrum version of a celebration. Looking back, I think my birthday experiences are the reason why I’ve been over the top for my kidlets’ birthdays — so they always have fun memories.
Because memories like the one I have of me turning 20 — physically becoming ill from the idea of no longer being a teen and having to go home early from work – are not fun. Sure I returned to work the next day to a desk full of cute toys and cards from coworkers which made me smile but I didn’t forget I was no longer a teen.
Birthdays are just not my thing.
Over the years, I’ve spent birthdays moving into my new office or having dinner at home because I was pregnant and couldn’t go out and drink. There hadn’t been anything memorable since turning 20.
So last year, I planned a birthday to make up for all the lack of memorable birthdays I had. The rain came down and ruined part of the birthday but I will never forget dressing up in a Betsey Johnson dress only a teen should wear and going out to dinner and dancing followed by an early morning stop at a diner.
If I never celebrate a birthday like that again, I will at least be able to say I truly celebrated my birthday once.
I reminded myself of that this morning when I woke up because today is my birthday. Of course my birthday falls on a Monday. I’m not surprised. This is the birthday which I turn O-L-D. So I’m going to take it easy today. And just relax while I sign up for my AARP card. 
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I’ll be honest, I get so many unsolicited packages it takes a lot to excite me when I open all the boxes that arrive every day.
But this morning, I truly got excited because of the Star Wars Day promo Hasbro sent me.
(In case you were wondering… May 4th is Star Wars Day which was probably chosen so they could say May the 4th Be With You!)
Yeah, yeah… I know, you’ve seen Star Wars Lightsabers before but trust me… not like these… these are new battle weapons for Jedi and Sith ranging from a spinning General Grievous Lightsaber to an authentic high end replica of the Force FX Lightsaber which will cost you $119.99 each.
They aren’t out until August 1st but once they are available and you get your hands on a set you will think they are awesome .. I mean, your children will think they are awesome. How awesome? Let’s just say, there’s a chance that while you are reading this post, I’m currently embroiled in a very serious Lightsaber battle which may or not be FlipCam filmed for all of you.
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I went into Forbidden Planet today (for the first time) with my guy so he could pick up a volume he was interested in.
Although the only comic book/graphic novel I read before last week’s Pride of Baghdad (an IGN pick my guy owns) was Archie — you know how crazy those supermarket double digests can get — I thought looking around would be a good idea since we are celebrating Luke’s fifth birthday this Friday.
Aisles of comics next to aisles of action figures. Star Wars and Dr. Who action figures … Mr. Potato Head with Iron Man masks and Snoopy toy sets. But I didn’t hit the jackpot until I went to the far side of the store.
Check out these snazzy birthday gift options for my boy.
A deluxe Jesus action figure — Luke could spend hours in his room reenacting the miracle of turning water into wine. Oh wait, that might be a little too early for him to practice.
Maybe a Moses action figure would be better. After all, he was given the Ten Commandments and parted the Red Sea.
What? Five year olds don’t care for religious action figures?
Then I suppose an Evolving Darwin play set might do the trick for Luke. Because I can totally see him enjoying the story of evolution in action figure form.
Alright so I didn’t find a gift for Luke but I did find a little something for me — a crazy cat lady action figure… complete with six feline companions.
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I may have inadvertently dressed Harrison like Marty McFly this morning
Didn’t realize it until my guy said something as we walked Harrison to school.
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