ain't no sunshine when he's gone

happy birthday!! to someone really special :)

with everything that i am, i wish so much that i could be there to celebrate with you. but sometimes life gets in the way and there are things that we must do. i hope that you're not too disappointed that i couldn't make it back in time.. we'll do something nice when i get back.
i promise.

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i've never really been one to celebrate birthdays though. well maybe i do enjoy surprising other people and doing stuff for their birthdays... but i never really saw the sense in celebrating my own. i guess i've always just seen it as another day in the year. i don't know why... and i know that its tradition or custom.. or what i have you... but i just feel that its well... such self-absorbed behavior. ok maybe people should be excused on their birthdays, because its their day, and all that sorta thing. perhaps i'm just being an old grouch.

actually, i think it might be about expectations. i don't celebrate because i don't want to expect too much... just in case i get disappointed. if you don't expect presents and a party... you can't be disappointed if you don't get them. sounds like a rather sad philosophy dunnit? self defensive? *shrug*

c'est la vie...