Sunday, April 24, 2005

|There's...|

Three weeks ago I had a birthday. Not much came of it. A slight mental spiral downwards -- stress from school and work and law school and other things. And the one thing I'd asked specifically for from my friends -- a surprise birthday party -- completely did not happen.

For days I was upset. I cried a little. I cried about a lot of things the day after my birthday, the lack of a party just being part of a stream of things that were pounding on me. I wasn't down for long -- a very great card from a very great friend a day away made me feel a whole lot better, and I remembered that despite innumerable hardships I have a fairly amazing life because I have most everything that I need, and a lot of great friends who I probably don't deserve.

And then I went to Michelle's tonight for our monthly game night and was taken aback by all of the people who jumped out to tell me Happy Birthday. And there were balloons and cake and candles, wrapped up in months of mysteries and falsehoods -- for a good cause... me. And had it not been for the rain, it would have been on a pier with lights and beneath a full moon because a few of my friends know how to listen to me.


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