Woo hoo! I’m forty today! It seems weird to say it.
I’m genuinely excited to see what my forties will be like. I have thoroughly enjoyed my thirties, but I’ve been thirty-something for ten years now. It’s time for a change. I’m now forty-something!
A good friend of mine described their forties this way: “I would categorize my 40′s as freeing. I stopped letting dumb things get stuck in my craw, I learned to say ‘No’ and not feel bad about it, and I really learned to let go of unwarranted guilt. By dumping these hampering things, you really learn to focus on what’s really important and not just in a personal way…but in a God way.”
I can hardly wait!
Happy Birthday!!! Welcome to your 40′s! What on earth are you going to do with your snow day?
Snow day? Snow week & a half. We’re due for more snow tomorrow night…and I’m hearing like 12 inches & up!
I like the inspirational saying quite a bit. (Who said that, by the way?)
40 AND already Wise! Happy Birthday Brad!
It was Peggy. I changed the ampersands to “and” because that would’ve totally given her away, but she said it was okay to tell that it was her.
That Peggy – she’s smart.
Oh, as usual, the thing we’re going to send you is sitting on a counter and hasn’t even approached getting ready to mail.
I’m going for 40 or more comments today.
You look so young in that picture.
Indeed. Forty is the new twenty-five.
I’d call and sing you the birthday dirge, but I’m afraid I’d wake you on your snow day…
And, I still actually like getting older. I’m only 35 and I look forward to 40! WoooHoooo!!
Happy Birthday!!!
But…aren’t you techniically still 39 until around 2pm Eastern time today?
I know it was in the afternoon because of the story about Mrs. Smith in the balcony trying to get Pastor to cut his sermon short so Dad could take Mom to the hospital instead of some usher taking her (so Dad could finish accompanying the last hymn)…
What time were you born?
And if that’s the case, you need to dig yourself out and be somewhere really interesting at the time of your birth.
Says your bossy little sister.
Sending you a beautiful flower on your special day! Happy 40th Brad!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek55y_CMpWE
Here’s to doing 40 things you enjoy today! YAY!!
Congrats on reaching the big 4-0 today! Hope you enjoy it!
Happy 40th! I guess we have to go to Plan B on how we were going to celebrate your birthday at school. Shhhhh – it’s a surprise!
I would think your morning face would be fine after sleeping in on a snow day.
I think you should celebrate by grading 40 papers today!
What’s wrong with you Michele?
What teacher in his/her right mind grades papers on a snow day?? Much less on his/her birthday! Crazy woman.
Today is my 19th wedding anniversary and we are celebrating by helping shovel snow at school today!
OK – so I guess I am a crazy woman!
Happy Birthday to you! Welcome to the Forty Club. We will teach you the secret handshake when school resumes in May.
Happy Birthday Brad. Wishing you all the great things in life, hope this day will bring you an extra share of all that makes you happiest.
Holy Catfish Batman – Baltimore County just announced they are closed through Wednesday!
HAPPY FREAKIN’ BIRTHDAY BRAD!!!
What?!?!?! Does the whole county cancel school when you turn 40? Sheesh!
Wow, that’s a lot of days. Oddly enough, we’ve had the most snow days ever here too. Personally, I’ve come to prefer the Wed-Thr-Fri snowday sequence to the Mon-Tue-Wed one.
OK, so everybody else has said it already…yadda, yadda, yadda…just like you to give everyone the week off in honor of your natal anniversary, too. Very thoughtful of you, actually. Now I guess due to this weather and our inabiity to congregate at our place of employment (wait…what time is it?) we’ll have to cancel the brass band, singing telegrams, sheet cake, dancing girls, etc. Too bad; it was a Spam cake, too. I’m sure you would have liked it.
…and to echo the theme of the day, long live the 40′s – they were great! And except for the aching joints after snow shoveling, the 50′s ain’t so bad either. Closer to that Senior Discount with every passing day!! Many blessings to my favorite Guy Down the Hall.
Have you been ok on this day? Did you break a hip or anything? Do you have electricity?
My back hurts a little from shoveling snow, but otherwise it’s been a great, low-key birthday. And yes, I have had electricity.
It may have been low-key…but this is just the beginning…
You have until next Tues. to celebrate! One nice big long birthday weekend!
Only 12 more comments to go to get to 40.
I’m off tomorrow too! I can’t believe it! I got a call from a co-worker this evening informing me not to come to work, per our boss. I love you boss!
In my new car, I have free Sirius radio for 3 months. The salesman said that’s how they get you…give it to you free…then you get used to it & want to buy it. No way! Not me! But I am REALLY enjoying it! I heard this song today on a station that plays only 80′s music…and you can laugh, but I like this song! I didn’t know who sang it or the name of it…but Sirius told me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ysoohV_zA
So now that you’re entering the 40′s…. Do you think you have unwarranted guilt that you need to let go?
I guess the saying is true… You don’t look a day over 40.
Happy Birthday. Now that it’s past 2:29pm Eastern Standard Time, it’s official.
Thus the second greeting.
And I hate you just a little for your big long break because of snow. It’s one of the downsides of teaching at the collegiate level. No snowdays. Ever.
We call your snow days Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
I can’t go to be with only 36 comments on this thing.
er, ‘bed’. 37!
40! I didn’t know Lloyd was posting!
Happy Birthday, Brad. Sleep the restless, noisy, get-up-to-pee-four-times-a-night sleep of the elderly.
G’night.
and one to grow on!