Me

Hi! It's my birthday today! Yay me!! Seriously though, I'm excessively excited and couldn't be happier. This is the most special day of the year for me, and I'm really happy with the way it's panning out.

I've received numerous phone calls from family members. This previously didn't happen as I was in the UK and the majority of the family forgot my birthday altogether because of the impenetrable difficulty of a time difference. So yay for being in the same time zone as my family on my birthday.

Also, I got a call from my Dad and for the first year ever he didn't make me cry! Well done Dad (not that you're reading this) and well done me for ending the call when it started to take a turn for the worse.

I have to say a big thank you to my colleagues. (This is turning out like an award acceptance speech. But hey, it's kind of an award for being a year older.) They have made me feel very special and bought me the most thoughtful present ever - a book voucher!! Seriously - I can't think of anything I would want more.

I'd like to thank God for not being there to mess with my head and make me celebrate xmas, therefore dampening the excitement of my birthday and potentially making me broke on my big day. Thanks God - you're lack of presence in my life is, as always, much appreciated.

And lastly, I'd like to thank me. Bazza - you've done a damn fine job of reaching 26. I don't care if you're now a lot closer to 30 because I do think that you're just getting better with age. Like a piece of cheese, you mature and taste better with every day that passes. (Just cut off the mouldy bits as and when they appear.)