When did that happen?
I know, yesterday, on the 1st...but still. I keep half wondering when St. Patrick's day is.
The Boyfriend and I had a quiet and relaxing Easter weekend, it was really nice. We found easter baskets and hid/found eggs and dyed other eggs and watched 80s horror movies and CSI: Miami. You know, typical Easter things. I hope you all had good holidays, whatever holiday you celebrated.
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It's 12 days until my birthday, and that seems unreal. People (like my parents and The Boyfriend) keep asking what I want by way of presents, and I can't really think of anything. Books, always, but other than that, nothing. I have lots of things and I'm really happy right now. People tend not to believe me when I reply "nothing" when asked the "what do you want?" question.
The first instance was when I was about six, I sat on Santa's lap and he said, "What do you want for Christmas?" and I sweetly replied, "Nothing." And I meant it. There weren't any toys that I couldn't live without, there wasn't anything I didn't have that my little six year old self desperately wanted. Santa tried to convince me to want a doll or a bike....but I had those. So, he said he'd have to think hard about it and find me something special. Then I got a candy cane and was on my way.
Christmas morning, there were presents for me and I'm sure I loved them, I'm sure I was happy. I'm sure I was convinced that Santa got me something special. But I think I would have been happy with anything, because I was happy to begin with.
That's how this birthday is. Sure, there are things I would like...some new jeans and chuck taylors, but there's nothing "birthday big" that I want. And I'm okay with that. All I need from my parents or The Boyfriend is that they thought about me and loved me on my birthday. However that is shown, I'll be happy. Because I already am.
I don't mean this to be some sappy, hearts and flowers post...even though that's what it ended up as. I just wanted to explain why I don't want anything special for my birthday. I want to go to the science center with The Boyfriend and see the space shuttle, I want to see my friends and go to the Stanley Kubrick exhibit at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), I want to see dinosaur bones at the Natural History Museum with friends...and I'm getting all of those things. I'm excited for my birthday. I don't want anything else. Honestly.
So, when asked what I want for my birthday, I will say nothing and I will mean it. I'm not trying to be selfless or above material possessions; it's just that I'm happy where I am.
I hope you all want nothing for your birthday, in all the best ways.
