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I’m not a big fan of my birthday. I mean, I do appreciate being alive for another year, but I don’t like being the center of attention and I really don’t like getting gifts. During Christmas, my favorite thing to do is to sit back and watch everyone else, especially the kids, open their gifts. The joy on their faces is what I look for.

Today, I turn 29. That’s a pretty depressing number for me. It seems so old. I think it’s the “9″ in there. 30 seems better than 29. Then again, I’m not turning 30, so I probably shouldn’t make that statement.

I sometimes think I haven’t accomplished much in these 29 years. That’s probably because I tend to hang out with people older than myself. Or maybe because things haven’t changed much in the past 3 years, since Morgan was born. There was so much going on from 2001 to 2005 (getting married, finishing grad. school, kids being born), but since 2005, I’ve felt like I’ve been on cruise control.

Luckily, my birthday doesn’t get dragged on, because my family loves April and we have lots of babies in January. After me on the 18th, there’s Mark & Morgan on the 20th, Kim on the 21st, Becca on the 22nd, and Laura on the 24th.

Well, here’s to another year. Hopefully I can at least get in the hot tub tonight.

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