Day Forty Six

Tonight's post is going to be short and sweet because tonight I'm going to a Passion Pit concert. That's not what I want to talk about today though because...

It's Sam's birthday! :)

I can't believe he's turning 20 today, not because I've known him since he was 15, but because that means I'm old enough to be dating a 20 year old. Like, what? When did I get that old? For some reason, knowing I'm dating a 20 year old makes me feel older than being in college does. Maybe it's just the 2 in front of the 0. I don't know.

All I know is that it's pretty lame that I don't get to celebrate his birthday with him. I can't even send his birthday present for another 7 weeks because he's giving up video games so he can focus on his medic training.

Yeah, definitely going to wait to send him this.
Too much temptation.

It frustrates me that there's not really anything I can do to make him have a good birthday. I can't visit. He's in class all day so I can barely talk to him. I couldn't send him food because the Army is very particular about what he can have and when he can have it. And, like I said before, no videos games, no books, nothing that's distracting.

I'm not usually a sucker for holidays (like Valentine's Day) but I do make an exception for three holidays: Christmas, Fourth of July, and birthdays. Christmas is, well, Christmas (plus anyone who knows my mom knows it's impossible for me NOT to like Christmas) and the Fourth of July is just badass. It's during the summer, so it's warm, and there are kickbacks and barbecues and, of course, fireworks.

Back to birthdays. For me, birthdays aren't about glorifying whosever birthday it is - it's about celebrating their life (and also presents. I love presents). That might cliche, but hear me out. Birthdays are like Mother's Day, except for a specific person. Mother's Day is (or is supposed to me) a reminder of how awesome your mom is and a chance to show your mom how awesome you think she is. That's what birthdays should be about. Birthday presents shouldn't be, "It's your birthday, that makes you special today, here's a gift to honor your presence in this world," it should be, "It's your birthday and you mean a lot to me and because I think you're awesome, here's something I think you'll like."

No. Just no.

Birthdays should be a recognition of how awesome that person is the other 364 days of the year, not a day of worship just because they were born.