"IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!"

I love April 20th.  I love my birthday.  I have always loved my birthday.  I loved my birthday at age six and I love my birthday at age 41.  It's fabulous.  It's so good to be me.

When I turned 21, I was in college at a bar, of course, and spent the entire night repeating the phrase, "It's my birthday!"  I was even saying it while I was bent over praying to the porcelain God and my two best friends fought over who would hold my hair.

Every birthday since, my phrase of the day on my birthday has become, "It's my birthday!"

The sunshine came through my window this morning, but even if it had been a rainy day it wouldn't matter, cause it's my birthday!  

I was awakened by my family with hugs and cards and presents and a nice wet lick across my face (the dog), because it's my birthday!

Friends and family call or write to celebrate me.  Even my friend who owns a DC sports bar, Nellie's, put my name on the chalkboard today.  Who needs their name in lights?  I do, because it's my birthday!   

By 11:13 am I had 67 posts on my Facebook timeline because it's my birthday!  

When I arrived at the gym this morning, I was showered with birthday greetings.  My pilates instructor, Abby, who owns her own catering company and blogs about it even baked me birthday cupcakes because it's my birthday!

It's so wonderful to be me no matter what age I am.  I love being an Aries.  I love getting older and wiser.  I'm so proud of my heritage.  I adore my life as the Family CEO: a blogger, a wife, a mother!  I want to scream from the rooftops, "Let the celebrations begin.  It's my birthday!"

It's going to be the best day ever cause it's my birthday.  

Wait a minute!  I just realized I share a birthday with Carmen Electra:  model, actress, sex symbol, appeared in Playboy magazine, and television show 'Baywatch'.  Kindergarten SUCKS!