Happy Birthday to me
May 28, 2007 I turned 35. I don't know why, but this one seemed to affect me a little more than usual. Normally, I'm unfazed by birthdays. Turning thirty, I felt nothing. The last five years, however, have seen dramatic changes in my life.
Since I'm a list kind of guy...
- I left Peoples Bank (and "The Family") to join Community and move my family to Madison. I didn't know public schools could be this good.
- Lan has gone from a little boy in the second grade to a big boy in the 6th (soon to be 7th) grade.
- O'Neal has gone from a shy little boy who could not leave his parents sight to a shy little, but tall, boy who is going into the 4th grade.
- Stroud has gone from...well...Stroud hasn't actually changed that much.
- I've started a real estate construction business. Very scary.
- I've learned to eat sushi.
- I've learned to lay ceramic tile, hang doors, stain concrete, lay sod, landscape (and countless other home improvement tasks).
- I've lost a lot of hair.
- I became a deacon...errr...member of the Ministry Coordination Team....errrr.....deacon.
- Learned to sing tenor.
- Lost two grandparents and one great-grandparent (I know where one of them is. I'm not so sure about the other two).
- Went to Charleston :-)
- Lead hosted a small group.
- Became a licensed appraiser.
My sweet wife went above and beyond for my present. Let's just say I'm now a member of the HDTV community.
Stroud topped the day off by giving me two cards. The first was hand written and said that he loves me "with all of his heart and with all of his soul and with all of his strength and with all of his mind."
I started to tear-up, ready to proclaim myself god-for-the-day.
Then I got the second card. It was shaped like a car tag and said Historical Vehicle at the top and was personalized with the word's "OLD FART" in bold letters. When I opened it, it said something to the effect of "...because I never run out of gas!" He was delighted. So was I.
It was a good day.
posted by mlt at 3:58 PM
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