Most Folks Opt Out for Dignity... (Today is My Birthday)

Today is my birthday.

I don’t care much for birthdays. There is so much pressure for the day to be good, and life often gets in the way. Also, in my line of work, February 14 falls into my absolute busiest time of the year. In fact, I’m going into the office today and there is a really good chance that something bad will happen that will not only screw up my day but will take the next several days with it.

But before work I’m having breakfast with Wife and the Boy at the Henpeck Market (the Girl is away at a church thing), and after work I’m having dinner at Stoney River with the Wife, where I hope to enjoy a couple of rocks glasses full of good bourbon over ice followed by that thing they have with the mozzarella cheese and the beefsteak tomatoes, and then a cowboy ribeye. In between Wife and Boy are bringing birthday cake up to the office to feed me, my coworkers and the army of auditors that are at our offices, in hopes that anyone who eats my birthday cake will feel too guilty to ruin my day.

And at 3:20, if all goes well, I’ll walk outside in to the sun and take a relaxing smoke break and think “so far so good; just another hour or so to go.”