Happy Birthday to me and Happy Father’s Day to Dad

Well, I’m home again this weekend. It’s Father’s day tomorrow, and we’re celebrating my birthday which was Thursday!

Do you have a summer birthday? I used to hate having a summer birthday when I was in school. You never got to have a little party at school, or be the birthday kid, or have your name on the announcements – unless they lumped your name in with all the other summer birthday kids. Wasn’t fun. Now, this year, I was at work on my birthday, which is the most fun place to be, but it was cool because my co-workers got me a birthday cake! So this year, my summer birthday was celebrated, and it was fun!

Today I hung out with some old friends. We’ve known each other since before kindergarten – that’s how it is growing up in a small town. They’re both married now, and in fact, my other good friend – there were four of us girls that all hung out together – is married too. Crazy how we all grow up.

You know how that is? Like when you leave school in May or June, and you don’t see your friends over the summer, it seems you can always tell who’s a little bit different when they come back to school in August. Sometimes the girls grow 4 inches, and for a while they’re taller than the boys. And then at some point the boys catch up to the girls in height, and then eventually they’re maybe 4 inches taller. I always thougth that was amusing.

Well, in my next year, I hope to be more active in my community. Maybe join some organizations. What do you plan to do for your next year? You’ve got the rest of summer to relax and think about some stuff. Then when school starts up again, what kind of student do you want to be this year? What kind of friend do you want to be this year? What kind of athlete do you want to be this year? It’s up to you, you know…

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