Golden Years



Today is my birthday. The big one. 31 on 31. What a strange and fun and difficult time to be alive.

The highlights. An early morning chat with padres. A cute surprise from my teacher of chocolates and chocolate milk. A high five from Eddie. A chicken and rice lunch with Robin and Rachel. A workout at the gym. Dinner with Alicia and drinks after meetup with Ali. A present from Ali of Kinder Supresa where I got a nice little skunk creature holding a drink and a radio antenna. Why the radio antenna? No idea. Ben received one that was a snail whistle.

The day was lovely as all birthdays should be. In some ways, very much like other birthdays, with some crazy happening. One year was skydiving, one was volcano climbing, one a ruins visit. Other past birthdays have been quite tame. Last year I was taken to a lovely dinner. Year before that, I did what I wanted to all day, which was clothes shopping, book buying, and coffee with friends. This year was back to the good stuff, tropical storms and volcanos and new friends with new evenings.

I guess I just love meeting new people. It would be great if one of them would stick around forever, but overall I think I always want days like this. A little excitement, a little emotion, simple things and grand things and sweet friends who buy you Kinder Surpresas from a Guatemalan tienda at 11pm on your birthday.

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