This year, I'm not going to lie, I was really wondering whether I should continue with having a birthday. There were a lot of cons and very few lines in the pros columns. In the end, I think it was the tradition of it all that I wasn't willing to throw away.
Every year I worry a lot about whether everyone will have fun and whether everyone will have anything to do. I try and think of things to do that will get everyone involved and talking.
I always have an idea of how everything will go but it never does.
In the end, for all the planning in the world, it is the people who come and the friends that define a night. Everyone year, I wonder who to invite and whether everyone will get along. This year in particular everyone seemed to click just a little bit more.
First and foremost, to David, the biggest thank you for all the help you gave me. From the shopping, to helping us with the food preparation to the the actual food preparation, thank you so much.
To Mikey, Susan, Nancy and Amanda, thank you for bringing the xbox/salad/salad/bestmusicever to ease the organisation off of me.
To everyone who came, thank you for wonderful night. I hope, despite the small teething problems, you all enjoyed yourselves as well. A particular thank you those who donated. We raised $159 of towards BeyondBlue this year. It means a lot, to be able to put a decent donation towards a charity close to my heart each year.
It means just that little bit more when the money is raised together from my friends.
In this sense, I want to move this "thing" away from it being my birthday and just being a yearly gathering/fundraiser. I mean why bother labeling it as a birthday when we don't do anything remotely birthday related.
(But all that is for next year)
As we all grow older year by year, we start to drift apart both figuratively and literally. Sometimes holding on to to these traditions is one of the few things that holds us together.
~TastyJacks~
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