My birthday

[moonflowerz]

Whew, I'm pooped but ended up having a pretty good day. After talking to J this morning, the boys came out for a birthday lunch and then later this afternoon I went to a tattoo party. The host has been harassing me for a few months now to get a tattoo and she was wanting to buy one for me today as my present. I was seriously considering it for awhile there, but firmly decided against it. I do still want to get one someday, but I don't want it to be a whim....I want it to mark something significant. I haven't done anything that I'm proud of lately and quite frankly turning 32 isn't that exciting. She had all kinds of fairy ones picked out for me, but I was content just watching other people get theirs. One girl got a really realistic looking spider on her foot which I thought turned out cool. Plus I really don't think that a fairy is the right symbol for me. I've been looking up various celtic and triple moon stencils for my lower back or quite possibly a sun/moon eclipse for between my shoulder blades. I want something a little darker and more tribal... Anyway, I'm not holding my breath. I don't see that time coming anytime soon.

Thanks again to everyone who posted all those happy birthday messages. You guys are the best and gave me warm fuzzies! =D

Here's a little passage from my yoga book which I thought offered a lovely perspective on getting older. I didn't even get whiny about it this year, did I?

My life when young was like a flower... a flower that loosens a petal or two from her abundance and never feels the loss when the spring breeze comes to beg at her door.

Now at the end of youth my life is like a fruit, having nothing to spare, and waiting to offer herself completely with her full burden of sweetness.