“I’m going to be forty!”

In the weeks approaching my birthday this year, I kept thinking of Meg Ryan as Sally in When Harry Met Sally.  There’s a scene where’s she’s bawling because her former long-term boyfriend is getting married and she’s not (or something along those lines). She says to Harry “I’m going to be forty!” And he says something like “Yeah, in EIGHT years.”  I’m not sure what it is about thirty-two that makes it seem close to forty, because it really isn’t.  :)  I’m not sad about turning thirty-two; I’m feeling pretty good about it.  And for the record, I don’t feel like forty is looming over me.

Anyway… I had a lovely birthday at home with my family.  Matt took the day off from work, which is the best present I could get.  I love being able to take it a little bit easier.  My mom is on a cruise this week but happened to be on a US Virgin Island yesterday so she was able to call me (at 7am!) to wish me a happy birthday.  I’m not sure I’ve ever gone a year without talking to my mom on my birthday.  I had lots of phone calls and texts and Facebook messages which I love!  Also, my women’s choir sang to me on Tuesday night – soooo beautiful! 

I started this post hours ago and am just now getting back to it.  It’s too late at night for me to load any pics, so I’m going to go ahead and post.  Maybe I’ll update it later…