It's My Birthday and I'll Cry If I Want To!

Thankfully, I don't want to, because quite honestly, it's been pretty good so far, even though I am one step further away from 30 and another step closer to 40. Oh well!

But I am having such a lovely day today--started with a 6-mile jog/walk in the morning, then got to work to find birthday decorations in my cube (if by "decorations" you mean a "happy birthday" sign and an explosion of "confetti" from the bottom of a three-hole puncher). Then I proceeded to have one of the busiest days I've had so far at work, with projects coming non-stop until lunchtime (happy birthday to me!), at which point my colleagues pitched in for a lunch of Thai food from down the street, and we all ate outside on the grass in front of the building. Also, one of my co-workers baked me her famous cake that I can't remember the name of now, but it is delicious and I am enjoying a piece right now with my afternoon tea!

How I love birthdays! They are so much better than the alternative, I always say.

But you know what else I love? Presents! So now tell me... if you could get me anything at all for my birthday, if money/time/whatever were absolutely no object, what would you get me? Don't be shy. I want presents!!!!

While you are thinking about it, here are some random facts for your reading pleasure, all about June 12.

A few people who share my illustrious birthday:

Anne Frank
Ally Sheedy
George H.W. Bush (!!)
A boy I had a crush on in when I was in 9th grade

Today is Diary Day (in honor of Anne Frank), National Peanut Butter Cookie Day (in honor of whoever loves peanut butter cookies, I guess), Open a Window Day (don't even say it), and Magic Day. Oh, and in Brazil, it is Boyfriend/Girlfriend Day. (How ironic, since I am neither a girlfriend nor do I have a boyfriend.)

Other random trivia (found here: On this day in 2004, my buddy-in-birthdays George Bush, Sr., celebrated his 80th birthday by jumping out of a plane. In 1989, Ben Jonson admitted to using steroids in the Olympics. In 1981, Raiders of the Lost Ark premiered. In 1982, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel performed in Rotterdam. In 1965, the Rolling Stones released "Satisfaction." (Yes, more irony!) In 1923, Harry Houdini freed himself from a straitjacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in New York City. In 1812, Napoleon invaded Russia.

If you find any other bits of random trivia about June 12, let me know. I love trivia almost as much as presents.