Half Century

Boy, being on Facebook means never having to say, "No one remembered my birthday," I tell you what. Took the afternoon off to goof off a bit, try paint-your-own pottery for the first time, and take afternoon tea with a few friends. Got flowers from Hal and had steak for dinner. A lovely day. This weekend I'll make a pilgrimage to Kirkland to get a slice of proper birthday cake -- it's not a birthday unless there's green marzipan on the cake -- and eventually I'll use the Groupon for glassblowing a flower, glassblowing being something else I've never tried and long wanted to. As I embark on my second half-century, I figure trying something new for each birthday is a reasonable ambition for keeping things fresh and forward-looking. I've got a whole year to get my nut up for indoor sky diving next year...