Ramblings--feel free to skip
Birthday was, once again, a disappointing, lacklustre affair. Three of us, born six days apart, usually celebrate our birthdays together to save everybody the hassle of attending three parties within a week. So today, after finishing work, I went all the way to West Island (one way trip of at least 90 minutes) in order to attend my/our birthday party. Of course, as usual, we didn't do much but that doesn't bother me because it was nice to have the whole "gang of seven" reunited, yadda yadda yadda. I had to leave less than two hours after I got there, but hey, it's worth it to see your friends, or so they say.
These people, the closest friends that I have, asked me once again what I wanted as a gift. See, I've been dropping hints for a long, long time and most of them still haven't gotten me what they said they'd get me for last year... I hate having to tell them everytime exactly what to get me and how to split the price because they can't think of anything to give me. Dammit, I've told them "Think of what I like", which is footie, movies (especially Princess Bride--which I convinced them to rent for a previous birthday party), figure skating, trivia and yes, worse of case, you can get me a book. A lot of them said that they couldn't get me anything footie-related because we're not in Europe, but there are plenty of shirts/memorabilia that you can get at local shops! Am I asking too much by expecting them to make an effort and try to find out where they might sell Azzurri t-shirts? Of course, they remembered that one of the other two brithday-girls wanted a turtle, so we're getting her one with an aquarium. And one friend said that she didn't know that I would be there too so she didn't get me anything. First of all, don't we always, always celebrate all birthdays with all seven of us? Why would this be any different? And...isn't it also *my* birthday party? Why would I not be there at my own party????
I'm just disappointed that nobody, not a single one of them, thought to grab me a gift, anything really, and give it to me today, on my "birthday", without having being told exactly what to get and where to get it by me. I thought that they knew me well enough to just choose a gift for me....
Dinner at the restaurant tomorrow with family and family friend(s). I wish that for once, we could actually go out on the actual day of my anniversary, but it seems that the point of dinner tomorrow is to meet up with some family acquaintances.