Birthday girl
December 16, 2009emily 3 Comments »Happy birthday to me! Today I’m 32. I think a lot of people would be sort of panicky about 32, but not me. I got all that anxiety about getting older out of my system years ago. (No, seriously: when I was a kid, I’d cry myself to sleep the night before my birthday, sobbing about the cruel march of time. I was maybe nine years old. Must have been a pretty intense kid.) So today, in honor of my 32nd birthday, I’m doing nothing. I’m not writing, I’m not grading, and I’m not doing anything I don’t want to do. After all, how often does a girl turn 32? (Wait, I think I know this one…).
On this day in history
1485: Catherine of Aragon was born.
1497: Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope.
1770: Beethoven was born.
1773: British colonists dressed as Indians dumped 45 tons of tea into Boston Harbor.
1775: Jane Austen was born.
1811: The first two New Madrid earthquakes struck, startling Missouri residents.
1944: The Battle of the Bulge began.
Posted on December 16th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Happy birthday! And lucky you sharing a birthday with Jane Austen!
Posted on December 21st, 2009 at 11:06 am
Happy belated birthday! I think 32 will suit you just fine!
Posted on January 5th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
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