I went to a birthday party for someone with a worse birthdate than I do, the wife of a friend who I’ve probably known for 30 years now. I’ve always complained about my birthday being close to 4/15, but hers is actually 4/15. It was fun to see her and her family and friends. On the way there I went to the florist and had a huge wait because it’s prom season and there were lots of corsages being picked up. I didn’t mind. There’s an excellent coffee stand just outside called Sterling Coffee Roasters and I was in no hurry.

Later in the day I had a tasty Greek dinner at Dorio and got some Greek community gossip. I highly recommend the food there. Also had a crepe at the place a couple of doors down and it was really tasty. I have a bunch of chocolate birthday cake from my sister, but I was so full I was unable to eat any more of it

So my day went pretty well. Thank goodness.

Well, the work week is over and let’s hope the weekend is better. I didn’t really have the worst week. Sunday I was at an old friend’s sister’s memorial service and Tuesday I had to miss a friend’s funeral because of work. It was a much worse week for the families of those people. And speaking of work, it was crazy busy with daily 5PM meetings.

And today marks the fourth anniversary of my dad’s death, which means it’s the fourth anniversary of my friend Il’s mom’s death a couple of days ago.

Good thing it was my birthday on Tuesday.

And the worst part? Someone made a movie of that adolescent fantasy Atlas Shrugged. And did I mention that the Groupon that I thought was good through the weekend expired a couple of days ago? $30 down the tubes.

So here’s to things getting better.