Quiet Birthday, But Awesome. :)

So I had an incredibly awesome birthday this week. In fact, I'd venture to say it was the best one I've ever had. I don't ever recall actually "celebrating" my birthday. When I was little, it was just another day to get presents. As I grew up, I realized that it's not really about the gifts, but instead thought it was silly that someone would give you things just because you've stayed alive for another year.

Now I know better. My 25th anniversary of being born opened my eyes to a lot of the things I never knew I was missing in life. I got off work at about 4am on the morning of my birthday. On a typical day here, I will leave work and head to the gf's room and wait patiently (ok, not so patiently) for her to swing by for some early morning work distractions. I figured it would be the same for this day, but I would be wrong. Instead when I got to her room, I opened the door to see a little microwavable birthday cake with a candle, lit in the middle of the room. The gf was waiting behind the door, and gave me a big hug and a "happy brithday" whisper in my ear. My first thought was something along the lines of 'what did I do to deserve this much awesomeness?'. We ended up sharing the cake sitting on the floor, with the only light coming from the glow of her laptop screen. Romantic, right? Hell yes it was.

A lot of things that I think about from day to day were once again confirmed as I was munching on cake, completely in love with the woman sitting across from me. I'm sure there are skeptics that would say that it's too soon to know if it really is love. Well, who are they to define it? I don't think that there is a single definition for love, because it's an indescribable emotion really and it's different for everyone. The only thing I know is that all of my fears, all of my worries, and my eternally cynical mind are all sedated when I see her smile. Everything is right in my world when she takes my hand, and it warms me inside. Dear god this is getting mushy.

You know what? This one will stay mushy.