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| This unicorn is wishing me a happy birthday! |
I am a quarter of a century. I feel very old, although everyone scoffs at that idea. But today has been fantastic--so fantastic that I completely forgot I aged today!
What I did today:
*Took off work
*Slept in (but not too late--only till about 8:30)
*Exercised!
*Went out to eat with Mom, ate back what I worked off, I'm sure, with one fudge-topped, delicious Sundae. Which was free.
*Went shopping with Mom
*Had a fruit smoothie at McDonald's, because I've been thinking it actually looks good. (Shocking!) It really was!
*Came home and responded to the almost a hundred emails/facebook shout-outs.
Today has been great!
Of course, aside from my birth, August 9th has great historical significance. Not for good reasons, necessarily. I know it is the day the US dropped the Atomic bomb on Nagasaki. (Really, really sorry!)
A few other historical events, according to Historyorb.com and brainyhistory.com:
48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. (Though this date may be off...)
1173 - Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete. (Sweet!)
1483 - Opening of the Sistine Chapel (Also sweet!)
1726 - Netherlands signs Covenant of Hannover
1854 Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"
1930 Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes
1950 Lusty Song wins Hambletonian (At first, I thought this was a song. I don't know much about horses.)
1964 1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands (Apparently, the Netherlands love August 9!)
1973 - USSR launches Mars 7
1992 - "Streetcar Named Desire" closes at Ethel Barrymore NYC after 137 performances
OK, so that's enough. Yeah, well, you get the point.
So, go have a piece of cake, or better yet (and my favorite), ice cream. It's for my birthday. And birthday calories don't count, you know?
PS--I love unicorns.
7 comments:
Happy Birthday, Sarah! I'm glad you had a great day. Good idea with the history thing--liked that.
Happy Birthday!!!
*celebrates and throws confetti*
By the power of unicorns and glitter I wish you happy birthday!
Happy Birthday!!!! :) :) :)
I loved your birthday picture by the way.
Happy Birthday!
And don't worry about feeling old- I'm going to turn 30 at the end of the month and let me tell you, that feels really old.
Glad you had a wonderful day- I hope you ate tons of cake and ice cream!
Happy belated.
I am SERIOUSLY behind in my google reader, and I'm sorry my birthday wishes to you were therefore delayed.
I hope it was happy!
I'm late, but happy birthday anyways.
Thats a cool list of historical events. I love learning trivia.
......dhole
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