As of today, I’m officially old enough to be elected President of the United States — 35. I believe this is my last age-related milestone before official senior citizen status, though there may be something I’m not remembering.
Any birthday festivities are being delayed, though, for a few reasons. Firstly, I’m spending part of the day shooting a wedding for a friend’s daughter. They asked me to be their photographer last year sometime, I agreed, and then later on when they told me the finalized date…well, I didn’t want to back out and disappoint them, and it’ll still be a fun way to spend the afternoon. Prairie and I just figured that we’d do our own little celebration here at home in the evening (though probably saving birthday cake for a later day, as there’ll likely be wedding cake during the day).
Unfortunately, Prairie’s grandmother passed away earlier this week, and Prairie flew down to California to be with her family for the funeral — which is today as well. She says that she’s enjoying the trip, as even though it’s for a funeral, it’s also the first time in years that that entire clan has assembled (they had dinner for 28 people last night). She’s also taken a ton of pictures of everything, and says there’s a chance she might actually fill the 1Gb card we keep in her camera — a major event, as she tends to take about one picture for every 50-100 that I do (I’m so proud of her)!
So, definitely not a Worst Birthday EVAR, but not a Best Birthday EVAR either. Prairie comes back in to Seattle tomorrow afternoon, so we’ll probably go out to lunch somewhere and then come home to let her crash out. We’ll find a time for birthday celebrations and cake later on, perhaps next weekend.
In the meantime, if anyone feels sorry for me has too much money and wants to spend some on me is overly generous feels benevolent and wants to get me a present, I have a couple wishlists available through Wishlistr or Amazon. Hey, it’s my birthday, I’m allowed to do this, right? ;)