RADAR LOVE

Not exactly the ideal place to celebrate your birthday… but, it’s better than 10 years ago when I was in Basic Training.  The morning didn’t start out great, I had to have a conversation with my boss about stuff back at Blue Ash, but it was all up hill from there.  Thankfully, although I didn’t plan it this way, Friday afternoons are my off day.  Also, Fridays are my “eat-anything-I-want day.”  I’m very careful with my portions and calorie intake, etc the rest of the week, so I reward myself on Friday by eating whatever I want.  In the morning I snacked on some delicious Buskin bakery cookies that my aunt sent, and then hardly ate any lunch.  I got off work and went to the on base beauty parlor and got a manicure and a massage.  It was wonderful to be pampered.  After that I went to the MWR (Morale, Welfare, and Recreation) tent to play on the computer.  There are several sites I can’t get to from work, including MySpace and Facebook.  I then met a few friends at the Pizza Hut on base and we took it back to one of the tents where some friends work.  When I arrived they had a cake set out and candles lit and everyone sang “Happy Birthday!”  I was so touched, I almost cried.  So we ate pizza, drank some Non-Alcoholic Beer and had birthday cake.  My friend Kelly and I went back to my CHU and watched “13 Going on 30.”  All-in-all, not too bad for a birthday in the middle of a war zone. 

Thanks to everyone for their birthday wishes and warm thoughts today.  I felt the love!