Birthday wishes

I know some people go to town on their birthdays but I’ve never been big on them. Other peoples yes, but not mine. I’m not big on cake, I don’t like to be the centre of attention (I think I once had a bad experience in TGI Fridays when the waiters all sung to me), and there is nothing worse than having a pitiful two cards perched on the mantlepiece. Additionally with reasonable notice, I can go out and get blotto most nights and not just because it’s my birthday.

I remember my parents having to twist my arm to have friends to our house on my 18th and I tried desperately, without success to hide in a cupboard on my 40th, but this year’s birthday is different. Today the birthday fairy has excelled herself and I will spend it with my son, my daughter and my other-half. Better than cake, better than cards.