"So, are you ok with a totally low key, uneventful birthday?"
That's the question I just asked my brother on this, his momentous 30th birthday. He was playing Minecraft on Xbox and just nodded at me, raising his wine glass in salute.
"Yeah, mostly I've been overseas for my birthday."
He's a 9 year army vet with four deployments under his belt. It's true, he been gone a lot lately. I finally convinced him to move to Omaha with me after his last one: it was time for a change.
Right now, its the best its ever been. We've got our own special recipe for eggplant parmesan cooking in the oven and a bottle of merlot breathing (to follow the bottle of pinot noir that we're finishing.thank you @hellovino) to go with dinner and we're just sobering about our recently epic roadtrip to Florida for a birthday party and how there's a magical line you cross at 29 and 3/4 that makes you feel achey and tired.
Absolutely. But, we're happy. And settled. And just making it work. That's all you can hope for, on any birthday. Cheers.
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