Hooray, today is my half birthday! Growing up in the Chicago area, meant that my normal birthday, January 9th, fell during the middle of winter (thus my middle name). My 4th birthday party was during the huge snowstorm of 1979 and consequently my birthday was very poorly attended; my next door neighbor and a neighbor from a block away came out of about 15 invitees.
This happened to a lessor extent a few more birthdays until my parents finally decided to move the official celebration of my birthday exactly 6 months out on July 9th. From then on my birthdays were outdoors, hot and well attended.
Now that I'm in San Franisco it doesn't matter so much any more when I celebrate my birthday. But, with Kimmie's birthday being celebrated in the office today, it brought back some old memories. Maybe I'll treat myself to half a cupcake...
