Bohemian B’s Beat

Happy Cake-Day!

First off, let me start off by wishing Ermelo Insight (my place of employment) a very Happy First Birthday!

   Do you have a favourite day of the week?  Month?  Year?  In general?  Mine is Cake day!!  I have been shocked on many occasions to discover that some people dread their upcoming Birthday.  Well, my question to you is, “What is up with that?”  Some people get grumpy on their Birthday.  Some don’t even want to celebrate the day let alone have others discover the special date.  Really?  The common argument is the whole age thing. Fear of getting old and all that rubbish.  My dear reader, let me enlighten you with a piece of (useless maybe) information.  Age is a number.  And you know what else?  A number should not frighten you (unless you looking at my bank balance though, that’s petrifying).  Remember this important quote, “you don’t stop playing because you getting old.  You get old because you stop playing”. 

   Back in the day when I was nearing the big three “o”, I was faced with the ever pending darkness of deep and fear induced depression.  Oh the horror I was about to face, it was just too much for my weak and shattered nerves.  I was getting O.L.D!  Thankfully I have wonderful friends who held me up as my shaky, wobbly knees started to give in.  I had the best “Winnie the Pooh” themed party and faced my fears, overcame them and embraced who I was, no matter what number I happened to be.  Just because I was growing older and not in my twenties anymore, did by no means mean that I had to change ME in anyway.  And today, almost a decade later, I have the big four ‘o” coming in a year or two or three… (I sometime forget exactly what my accurate number is, thank heavens for my ID number!) 

   My many personalities and I lead a colourful life every day and at our, what we then perceived as a dooms day party, decided that we would NEVER get old.  We would reach high numbers for sure, but we would not grow old.  We just love playtime too much to give it up!  I lead a regular (ok, maybe not SO regular) adult life, I have a family, a partner, a home, a career, children, and pets… the whole suburban shebang.  BUT, I still have tremendous amounts of fun and in all honesty cannot wait to reach the promised land of the “naughty 40’s”. However, here’s the thing, my personalities and I have decided that seeing that we love Cake-Day so much and due to the fact that there is a bunch of us, we should be allowed to more than one Cake-day per year…  Hubby, family and friends see this as an expensive exercise and disagree with my suggestion.  (Debates are still ongoing however)  

   So, here’s to everybody, weather you embrace your birthday or shun it, HAPPY CAKE-DAY, now go out and play!!!!

Glitter greetings (and all things shiny)

Bohemian B