I turned 37. I did it with a six-hour work meeting, the kind that reminds you you’re a capable thinker and that the group’s morning bagels weren’t wholly responsible. I celebrated later with deep kisses, a sliver of a hamburger at a venue I’d pre-screened, a vodka gimlet sweetened by Splenda, [...]
Category Archives: birthdays
Thirty-six
11.10.09 –
I turn 36 today. Thirty-six. I’m quite sure the mention of it makes the twenty-somethings cringe, their skin taut and ovaries plump and bursting at the seams, full of wee genetic runners panting at the starting line. The thirty-somethings are drinking rose while reading this, in their cubicles of course, giving the screen knowing nods [...]
34
11.10.08 –
I’m 35 today. No streamers needed, although confetti is always nice. Confetti and lots of wine.
I’m not sure why, but 35 seems like a pivotal year, mostly because it’s halfway to 70. Every time I think of my new age I automatically multiply it by 2. I am then unfailingly pleased that I never got [...]