I am 30 or 40 years old and I do not need this.

I said in my Turning 39 post last year that I probably wouldn't post something like it this year and I'm not going to. That post was a deep look into what was going on in my life and what had gone on since my Turning 32 post. Both were written in a sort of stream of consciousness style where I asked a lot of questions and made a lot of statements that I may or may not have stuck to. This post is not that. This is just me recognizing that I am not in my thirties anymore. I am 40 now and I will be in my 40s until I am not. Hopefully I will be in 50s until I am not and then in my 60s until I am not and well...you get what I'm saying.

The title of this post comes from a favorite animated show of mine called Aqua Teen Hunger Force. I'm not going to explain what the show is about or why the main characters are anthropomorphic fast food items. You either know it or you don't and either is fine. When I saw the clip again recently, I knew I wanted to use the quote for my 40th birthday post title. It's wild to know that my TikTok algorithm likely pushed it to my feed because the internet knows what I like and how my 40th birthday was coming up...technology is great.

I decided to take the day off because I can. I really debated on whether I should just go to work or not since, as I've stated many times, I don't really care about my birthday. However, it's good for me to take time for myself now and then. What better day to do that than a milestone birthday? I don't have any plans since Christine is working and the kids are at school. We'll probably do something to celebrate together when they get home like go out to dinner. Until then, I'll find some things to do that I enjoy doing. I didn't even reschedule my therapy appointment because while it's still a type of work, I look forward to that time every other week. So I'll do that, maybe go for a walk, play some board games and/or Age of Empires, and get something I like to eat for lunch. 

Today is just another day and 40 is just another number. 

Happy Birthday, Dan. Be kind to yourself.


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