My birthday and other self-indulgent information

So, I am now officially 50. It feels OK so far. Of course, always better than the alternative. I admit that I was a bit freaked out over it before the actual event, but now that it is a fact of life I'm cool with it. I guess what hit me hardest was the thought - for the first time - that there is more of my life behind me than ahead of me. That is kind of a scary realization, but I've dealt with it now.

It helped that it was a very nice birthday. I received really pretty flowers from my secretary and one of my vendor friends. My new assistant bought me a nice box of Godiva. You cannot go wrong with chocolate - at least not for me. Several friends sent me e-cards and e-greetings of various sorts, which cheered me mightily. I like being thought of, it makes me feel very special. My son baked me a yummy birthday cake and we were able to enjoy it with taldragon  and daisho  before they took off for home on Thursday.

Having house guests for a week was interesting too. I wish I had had more time to spend with them. And I wish I was a better housekeeper. As the Doormouse said, "No time!! No time!!" But it was lovely to spend time with them, as limited as it was.

So, you may ask, what did David do for my birthday? Well, dear readers, he scored major boyfriend points. He surprised me with tickets to see the new production of "MacBeth" with Patrick Stewart which is in a limited run on Broadway. I have been whining a bit because I really wanted to see this, but I never thought he'd get tickets. But he did and I was thrilled.

Yes, I confess. I have had a mad passionate crush on Patrick Stewart since I first saw him in the Masterpiece Theater production of "I, Claudius" in 1976. He played Sejanus, evil, ambitious, sneaky and sexy as all hell. I've been hooked ever since. The man is going to be 68 this year and he is still as magnetic and attractive as ever. I was incredibly jealous of Kate Fleetwood because she gets to kiss him several times in the show. Lucky woman... sigh.

The production was wonderful: passionate, bloody, intense and creative.  It was David's first time seeing Shakespeare live and I'm glad he got to see this. 

The rest of the day was very nice.  The weather was perfect, there was a street fair right outside the theater - when have they done this in the theater district before?? - and it was great to just have the day to ourselves with no one to worry about.

We wandered around the fair, moseyed over to Bryant Park and then hopped the Q train down to Union Square and finally scored some Barak Obama campaign buttons.  We had dinner at the Heartland Brew Pub there and then headed back home.

It was a lovely day.

My birthday and other self-indulgent information

So, I am now officially 50. It feels OK so far. Of course, always better than the alternative. I admit that I was a bit freaked out over it before the actual event, but now that it is a fact of life I'm cool with it. I guess what hit me hardest was the thought - for the first time - that there is more of my life behind me than ahead of me. That is kind of a scary realization, but I've dealt with it now.

It helped that it was a very nice birthday. I received really pretty flowers from my secretary and one of my vendor friends. My new assistant bought me a nice box of Godiva. You cannot go wrong with chocolate - at least not for me. Several friends sent me e-cards and e-greetings of various sorts, which cheered me mightily. I like being thought of, it makes me feel very special. My son baked me a yummy birthday cake and we were able to enjoy it with taldragon  and daisho  before they took off for home on Thursday.

Having house guests for a week was interesting too. I wish I had had more time to spend with them. And I wish I was a better housekeeper. As the Doormouse said, "No time!! No time!!" But it was lovely to spend time with them, as limited as it was.

So, you may ask, what did David do for my birthday? Well, dear readers, he scored major boyfriend points. He surprised me with tickets to see the new production of "MacBeth" with Patrick Stewart which is in a limited run on Broadway. I have been whining a bit because I really wanted to see this, but I never thought he'd get tickets. But he did and I was thrilled.

Yes, I confess. I have had a mad passionate crush on Patrick Stewart since I first saw him in the Masterpiece Theater production of "I, Claudius" in 1976. He played Sejanus, evil, ambitious, sneaky and sexy as all hell. I've been hooked ever since. The man is going to be 68 this year and he is still as magnetic and attractive as ever. I was incredibly jealous of Kate Fleetwood because she gets to kiss him several times in the show. Lucky woman... sigh.

The production was wonderful: passionate, bloody, intense and creative.  It was David's first time seeing Shakespeare live and I'm glad he got to see this. 

The rest of the day was very nice.  The weather was perfect, there was a street fair right outside the theater - when have they done this in the theater district before?? - and it was great to just have the day to ourselves with no one to worry about.

We wandered around the fair, moseyed over to Bryant Park and then hopped the Q train down to Union Square and finally scored some Barak Obama campaign buttons.  We had dinner at the Heartland Brew Pub there and then headed back home.

It was a lovely day.