Tag: birthday


The High Colleedays begin the countdown to 40

I’m a little kid about birthdays — I enjoy making a fuss about other people’s birthdays and I love celebrating mine. Yes, even as a suit-wearing executive with an MBA, I have been known to take a box of cupcakes to work on my birthday, just like you might have in elementary school. As part of that, we don’t just…

Two months 'til 40 and counting

After talking about it for years, I finally started beginner piano lessons last spring, in part because the approach of my 40th birthday felt like  a good deadline. I fantasized about learning a song that I’d be comfortable playing in public, maybe even hosting a big 40th birthday bash with New Orleans Bingo Show headlining and with me playing my…

Decide what you want and declare it in no uncertain terms

“If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll wind up somewhere else.”  ~ Yogi Berra My birthday is Monday. Those of you who know me already know that I seriously love birthdays. Now those of you who don’t know me know that, too. I like to think of my birthday as my own personal New Year. My old roommate, Karen,…