Whoohoo! It’s Earth Day! It’s the Pennsylvania democratic primary! It’s kellykelly’s birthday!!

I had such a great birthday weekend. Out for dinner and drinks with co-workers on Fri, rooftop BBQ at Mike/Vicki’s new condo on Sat day, out for drinks and dinner (I have found my happy limit…2 mimosas sipped slooowly through the night with lots and lots of water in between = happy tipsy kellykelly with no usual nasty feeling) with Liz & cousin, Prospect Park BBQ with co-birthday girl Ariana on Sunday (played croquet for the first time…who would have thunk…kellykelly is a fantastic croquet player! I totally rule!), and nice chill evening with Renee at home. Pix later. I love New York in the Spring!

Unfortunately, the events were all sans husband. He’s on spring break in Ireland with his mom and sister. It sucks that he isn’t here for my birthday week, but I’m glad he’s hanging out with the women in his life…note to yet-to-be-married people: when your guy has a great relationship with his mother and sister, chances are, he’s gonna be a great husband. But I got a great dose of quality girlfriend time and no Graciela snoring in my bed time…KKSC can rule!

So things have been getting busy at work this month. And I had to pick up from a weekend of not-studying for the CFA last night. Had to study till almost midnight. I crawled into bed feeling just a teeny-tiny bit sorry for myself for having to work so hard on the eve of my birthday and going to bed solo (which is silly cos I had so many great people celebrating with me over the weekend). Then, Zion comes jumping in bed with me and sits by my head purring madly till I slept. AWWW!!!

I hate to call on a favorite, but there’s something special about that cat. She’s probably the meanest cat (she ain’t called The Swiper for nothing) when other people/cats are around. And she’s definitely not the most affectionate cat around. She hates to be held ever, definitely not a lap cat. But because she is this way, it makes her affectionate moments all that more special. She has this uncanny way of coming up to me at special special moments (while I’m studying and feeling tired, or feeling sad and laying in bed (happened once; I don’t get sad and lay in bed often)…or laying solo at the stroke of midnight on my birthday) and nudge my forehead and give me her priceless purr. And I know I’m totally just making that up because it was a coincidence that she wanted to jump in bed with me on my birthday night and sit by my head, but I thought it was the best birthday gift regardless.

Happy birthday to me! I’m 27! GASP! How did I get here? Somehow, from age 21, my life just moved in fast-forward.

*added* Speaking of cats, I got this online birthday card from my sister in law, How Cats Celebrate Birthdays (don’t know if you can see the link). I thought it was hilarious, only cos it’s too true.