My 22nd

Recently it was speculated that, based solely off the way I looked, my age was fifteen. Yeah, yeah, I know, Phoeb, let it go already. I have, actually, I just find it funny to bring up now. Because today I turned twenty-two. Twenty-two is quite a ways away from fifteen-- seven whole years, in fact.

I suppose I should be pleased with this, especially if this trend holds as I get older. I imagine it could be nice to be continually mistaken for seven years younger than I actually am. It probably has more to do with my flat hips and the fact that I don't wear makeup than any real youthful glow, but I can hope, can't I?

I'm not really big into celebrating birthdays once you pass a certain age, and I passed that age a long time ago. So I'm not making a big deal of this one. I'm planning on making dinner tonight, 'cause cooking is fun for me and I've missed it. My parents got me a couple nice gifts of things I actually wanted and have use for. They're going to get me a new phone today because I actually need one. The loving text message Jared sent me is the sort of thing I really want. A little bit of genuine love and gladness that I happened to be born is more than enough.

"Who cares? Jesus died."

Apparently a lot of people think it's kind of strange that I don't care to make a big deal out of my birthday. Maybe it's because of how given the timing it tends to fall so close to Easter time.
 
I mean, hey, this year it's the same day as Good Friday. Compared to that, what's my birthday? It's like, "Hey, I was born today." "Who cares? Jesus died." Way to make a girl feel insignificant.

;-)

New... iPhone?

So... my parents got me a new phone for my birthday.

It's an iPhone.

I was kind of surprised. I never expressed any particular desire for one. It's a bit overcomplicated for my tastes; I liked the eight-year-old basic clamshell I'd been using, and would have continued to if it hadn't started failing to ring and rebooting itself randomly. But it is pretty cool, and I'm very grateful that they got it for me. I'm still learning all the features on it, and setting all the preferences the way I want them. I wish it fit in my left front pocket the way my old one did. And I hope it survives the million times I'm guaranteed to drop it. I'm not certain what I'll do with it all, bu perhaps I'll grow to utilize it to its full potential.

In the meantime... wow.