I turned 27 two days ago. It came and went like a summer's breeze, mostly without it every feeling like my birthday. I kept to myself, stayed at home and that's about all of the excitement of my day. People have asked what turning 27 feels like, probably to be polite, or to strike up conversation, but the answer remained the same: turning 27 feels no different than turning 26 or 25. I honestly wouldn't have noticed if my mom hadn't been asking all day what I wanted to to or what I wanted to eat. I celebrated my birthday a few days early by going to Colorado with my parents and Emily to see The Avett Brothers and the mountains so I shouldn't say that I didn't have an exciting birthday. I had one goal in mind for my birthday and that was to work on the desk that I am building. I was home alone so the project didn't go like I had wanted but I got a majority of it done by myself.
The most interesting thing about my birthday was seeing how many people remembered that it was my day of birth. Most people know what it is like to have a birthday if you are on Facebook; notifications all day long from people you know and some you don't really know. As Brett put it, "It is nice to feel like a celebrity for a day, but it is annoying." I have taken my birthday off so I had a record low for notifications this year which was honestly kind of nice.
I would consider the past year to be one of great productivity for myself and one that has seen many happy memories. My friends got married, I started dating Emily, I went to many great concerts, I decided to move to Manhattan, I worked on many big projects around my house and school was better than I imagined it would go. So thank you to everyone who made the year special. I don't feel any older, and I don't feel any different. I am just thankful for another year to enjoy my friends and family.
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