Yikes, my b-day is coming up and I feel like....

[tina-t]

...screaming!!! I don't want it to come. I don't want to be one year older. Geez, what is wrong with me. Sorry ladies but I don't usually act this way. I think that it may be because I'm just having a rough few weeks.

Ds is fighting his naps now and only sleeps 30-40 mins once a day instead of his usual 2 naps of 1 1/2 hours each. He also wakes up at 5-5:30 am. I feel so exhausted.

I have to work on my b-day (this weekend) and I dread going to work that day. I am not having fun with my job these days. We are also going to postpone celebrating my b-day till next weekend. I was also trying to get to dh to tell me what he was getting me for my b-day and he just looked at me like I was crazy. I did tell him point blank that all I want is a written note/letter from him that he will never give me a hard time with my purchases for ds whether it be clothes, toys (I mean developmental tools), or diaper bags, haha. He just laughed at me and said "in your dreams." Darn!

Just realized too, that my mil never calls or sends a card for my b-day while she does call and send a card/gift to dh and ds. I thought that we had an amiable relationship. So, it makes me feel left out.

So maybe, the weekend will just zoom by so fast that i won't feel a thing, and hopefully, won't remember a thing either.

Thanks for letting me vent.

I think as we get older it isn't the same, especially when we have little ones & we go all out for them. I have kind of learned to not to expect/anticipate & then you will be more surprised. :)

Mine is less than 2 weeks away & I don't have any high hopes.

RE: The MIL, that is a little odd that she doesn't call or send a card, but some people are like that. My x-MIL actually sent me a card & a check last year. I was shocked, let me tell ya!

I hope you still manage to have a special day.:D



Christy, mommy to Nolan 7/22/03

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Christina,

:(

But think of it this way: you've already passed the year that makes you "older," so you really aren't getting older by the time the anniversary of your birthday hits.

My birthday comes about 10 days after Nate's b-day. To be honest, I don't even notice it anymore because it's such a non-event in my life these days. And my birthday was always a big deal to me as an adult, in part because I had so many crappy ones (like the year I attended my grandmother's funeral *on* my birthday, and the year my dad forgot). I turned 30 in 2004 and I didn't have my party until June because it was just easier to postpone it. It was a really fun party in June though, so maybe can you think of doing something like that? I called it my 30 and 1/3 party. :)

I do agree with you though as the years go by it is hard to "look forward" to the day. Which is why I always try to do something nice or fun for myself :) and don't rely on anyone else to remember!!! DH is usually good about remembering birthdays (ok, he hasn't forgotten one yet) but still, nothing that says you can't indulge in something for yourself on "your day."