49 of them

So here I am at the summit of my 49th year on the planet.  Anyone that reads the blog or knows me a little bit knows I don’t enjoy getting older and have had hang ups about it since I turned 30.  Of course I realize that wasting a lot of energy worrying about aging is pointless as it’s going to happen anyway, regardless of how you feel about it.

Despite my dislike of the concept of birthdays, I have had some good ones over the years.  For a period of three or four years my birthday fell right around the same time as the Entre Computers company Christmas party at O’Kelleys.  I only started drinking alcohol around the age of 24 so I made up for a lot of lost time during those celebrations.  Those Entre parties were some very crazy times.

For the last 19 years I typically don’t want to do anything major to recognize a birthday.  Outside of my 30th birthday where a surprise party was held for me at the Peanut Bar in Reading, and my 40th birthday where Ali and I went to Vegas, that was really the only two big deals and I like it that way.

To celebrate my 49th birthday I plan to hit the gym at lunch for core day and then enjoy a nice dinner at Carrabbas with Cindy and her daughter tonight.  It’s simple and subtle which is all I really need.

When I look at my scorecard thus far in life I see a lot of swings and misses but overall I’d like to think I am .300 hitter.