My birthday was today and it got me too think about years in the past and what I have or have not done to celebrate. I also began thinking about what it means each time I travel around the sun.
I don't tend to do much for my birthday each year or any year in general. This year I went for a morning visit to some of the memorials along the shore of the Tidal Basin before going in to work.
In many of my past years, I have also worked on my birthday as with this year. One memorable birthday was when I turned 18 and was working at Toddy's. When I got off work, I purchased some frosting and a box of cake mix and went home to bake a cake. I dug out a cake pan from my childhood...a Care Bears cake pan. I then baked and frosted my birthday cake.
This is more illustrative of my individual nature than anything.
This year I visited a couple of Alexandria pubs before heading home.
So not to bore with memories only, I have also thought about the meaning of passing the time during each year of my life. Some thoughts were around what life would be like if time was measured differently, such as shorter "years" or longer on other planets. I also thought a bit about how our international date line impacts what day it is and what day is my birthday depending on where I am in the world.
I don't have any significant further thoughts but this isn't a blog for my deepest thoughts, mote to get me thinking rather than more idly passing each day of my life...each year!
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