Today is your Birthday!

It’s 5 a.m. It’s your birthday. You’re in a deep sleep dreaming about ice cream and jolly jumpers. All of a sudden:

“duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh YOU SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY! duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh IT’S MY BIRTHDAY TOO, YEAH!, etc.”

Wait, maybe not everyone has this experience on their birthday. Anyway, it’s something that I’ve grown up with and grown to love and look forward to every year – the Beatles being the first to wish me a happy birthday. For as long as I can remember, whenever one of my sisters, my mom, or I have a birthday, my dad is sure to wake up the entire house by playing this song for the special birthday girl on max volume before he leaves for work. Of course, we make sure to return the favor on his birthday! I don’t really know how or why he started doing this, but I don’t think my birthday would mean anything without it. This year, on my 21st birthday, I will not be at home. I will be at school, in the middle of training for my job. I’ll be expecting a phone call and a song bright and early though…and if I don’t get one, my dad will be in for a real beating! Okay, probably not, but I’ll pout like crazy, which to my Daddy will hurt just as much as getting a beating.