Tomorrow's a Big Day

Do you know what tomorrow is? Tomorrow just happens to be the (if you pronounce it like 'thee' it sounds better) most wonderful holiday out of the entire year. Most people just forget about it, unless they live in Pennsylvania. Its not a day when everyone eats too much. Or when you have to wear a certain color or you get pinched. A day when you exchange little red hearts with each other. Its not even a day when everyone gets presents. And most people do not stay up all night long to see this day come.

What day is it? It's Groundhog Day!

Only the greatest day of the entire year (I know this will change in a few months). It's my birthday! I don't know what it is about birthdays but in all my years of having these special days, I've only had one bad one which turned out to be a blessing. Birthdays have always been fun and special days. I can still remember where I was at, what I was doing, and who I was with when I turned 15. I never had bday parties every year, my mom just made them special. I always have the same cake (mayonaise cake) in the same cake pan every year. Mom always took my birthday off, even when I got to college. She always fixed me a hot breakfast of my choice and I always got to choose where we went to eat or what she would fix for me.

And this birthday is a special one in its own way. This will be my last birthday with Huey as my legal last name. It's really bitter-sweet. Growing up sucks sometimes.

But as I wake up tomorrow and celebrate my special day, I can only hope to carry on the tradition of making the birthdays of my future family as memorable as what mine have been.

So tomorrow on February 2, 2008 at 3:02 p.m. I'll be doing a happy dance because it will be exactly 22 years ago that I will have made my debut into this world. It sure has been a great ride. :)