Day 6: Today I turn 28. I woke up this morning vowing to myself not to make a big deal about it because chances are either I'll get disappointed because I counted on certain things to happen or it will get blown out of proportion and make me uncomfortable.
By about 6:30 I realized I should have played the birthday card a few times already, because the girls were being very naughty and just everything that could go wrong on the way out of the house went wrong.
To start off the day, my best friend.. of 15 (or so) years called to sing me happy birthday and my step mom sent me a text message. After that I got a handful of other text messages along with somewhere around 50 birthday wishes on facebook.
The extreme imbalance between electronic birthday wishes and vocal or personal contact birthday wishes made me realize how much we depend on technology, that is really putting interpersonal interactions in jeopardy!
While I appreciate all messages equally I just found myself really thinking about how much I use my cell phone/computer and what that birthday would have looked/sounded like if nobody had access to these tools. For example: Even my own mother sent me a text message to wish me happy birthday instead of calling. ( in her defense we had just celebrated it the night before.. but still..)
Let me stress that this was just an enlightening thought, not a judging one, because I myself wished 3 other people happy birthday electronically today.
Ps. i felt pretty cute today in my birthday sweater from mom and my lia sophia bling =) Oh and my wavy hair from the french braid my sis did last night.
Cute picture :)
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