Milestones

On Wednesday, January 24th, I will be 35 years old! Sigh. I sigh for two reasons. 1. It's another family occassion that I will be spending in a bed. and 2. fleeting youth. I guess I've always regarded 35 as the end of youth and the beginnings of approaching middle age. I know, I know...some of my "mature" readers out there are probably shrieking with laughter at my considering 35 anything to blink at. But at any rate it feels like a milestone. I'm sure I'll have to endure another 11 months of digs from my husband who gloats over being just 11 months younger.

So as I have begun contemplating this birthday coming up, I have tried to think of how to make the day feel like a special day rather than a day to feel blue...about being in bed. I thought up my perfect bed rest birthday which I will refer to as "fantasy" and I also came up with my "reality".

The Fantasy:

• A breakfast of cheese grits casserole and hot bisquits. I have tried to get Jack to make me cheese grits casserole for about 2 months now.
• Chinese food from my favorite Chinese restaurant for lunch or dinner. I would have what we in our family refer to affectionately as "long noodles". We don't really know what they are called, but it is basically a low mein type dish with very long egg noodles stir fried with pork and onions, scallions and other veggies. Our whole family loves them. I would have the fried scallion pancakes with this dish. Delicious. I have been craving this meal for ages. What makes this a fantasy is that the restaurant, Shanghai Din Xin, is located downtown and would require 2 hrs for Jack to drive downtown to pick it up and drive back home with it. So this isn't likely to happen. I would also want a few extra orders for the fridge for other days!
• Cake and mint chocolate chip ice cream
• Presents
• Maybe a bouquet of beautiful flowers

The Reality...which is also nice given our currently lifestyle.

• A regular breakfast because after all it is a school day
• leftovers for lunch
• Chicken casserole made my way for dinner. My way is made with angel hair pasta as opposed to regular spaghetti sized noodles. It also means that the mushrooms and water chestnuts aren't diced to oblivion to make them more palatable for the mushroom and water chestnut haters in the family. If you can't taste them it really affects the overall texture and taste of the meal and ultimately the experience of it!
• A salad with tomatoes and cucumbers in it. Jack is more of a "just greens" kind of guy.
• Fresh French bread
• Strawberry shortcake with whipped cream..hmmm...come to think of it, that might be more along fantasy lines. I might prefer it to cake and ice cream.
• A present

These are my birthday thoughts. I'll have to see what I actually get that day. The best present of all? To be healed completely...and to get off this bed!!!! But even if I were healed...I couldn't find out until February 6th!!! Boo Hoo.