Friday, September 5, 2008

Unexpected Gifts


I turn 40 today, and the emails and cards and visitors and gifts are all rolling in. Perhaps the most unique birthday gift of all, though, was a visit from Ooky, the Birthday Slug! He was oozing across my kitchen floor as I prepared the morning's coffee, and we shared some tender birthday words before I scooped him up on a piece of cardboard and hurled him into the ivy in the back yard.

3 comments:

rpd said...

Happy Birthday!

Nothing pithy or even remotely amusing to say about this event. Just a reminder that everything starts falling off at 40. :-P

ChrisG said...

Happy birthday!

And when they say that life begins at 40, they have a point.

Suck the marrow out of it. Cheers!

The Colleague said...

40's pretty good so far...