32nd Birthday

today is the 32nd year of my being, well technically, according to some I guess it would be going into my 33rd, given the 9 months in utero. I woke up to yellow ledbetter by pearl jam. 3 times... damn the snooze. took a shower,  used a pair of $10 tweezers to pluck a few beard hairs out, some abnormally long ones and yes, some gray ones. trimmed with a broken razor, hoping that the ridiculous amount of hair didn't clog the sink again. heated a bagel in the toaster, went outside to warm up the car, cause it was damn near freezing out at quarter passed 5 in the morning. came back inside to  find that the bagel was cold, so, i pressed the lever on the toaster to warm it, just a bit, lost track of time. bagel was burned. screw it, i put a gob of cream cheese on each half, made a glass of juice in my cup I had received from a former employer...damn, I wish i had that job still. Placed last night's leftover asparagus risotto that I had in one of those sandwich meat containers, in a grocery bag. kissed my wife good day, went to Ellie's room, opened the door and contemplated kissing her bye bye, but thought against as to not to wake her.
proceeded to work, couldn't find a damn thing on the radio, all we have is top 40 crap, and an ass ton of country stations, I managed to find 88.1 the Clemson station, it was not what I was in the mood for either. popped the cd function on my stereo and listened to The Streets. A British rapper my friend Alex turned me on to...very good beats. ate the Cream cheese stuffed bagel as I was driving along the dark city streets, I knew all that shit would get in my beard. that's why i took an extra napkin. the acidity of the juice helped me swallow the burnt, chewy pieces of bread. tight turn up ahead, must slow down, hope there are no deer out this morning, ahhh safe and sound. yep, cream cheese in my beard and on my favorite hoodie,,,damn. not much traffic this way, that's nice. now,  now to find a parking space...this guy at the guard shat doesn't care who comes in I think, he just waves me on whether I have my badge or not, nice guy though, im sure. parking is so much easier on this shift, yes! got one in the first row. ok badge, knife, pen, marker, phone, music, lunch. damn its cold out side! lock doors. glad I got my beanie today. going in the doors of the vitamin plant. all i can think is, 10 hours, glad i don't have to work em' today! Dentist appointment appropriately scheduled today! get me some crappy free coffee, well at least it's free. stand around for a few minutes look at the clcok...5:58 am. 24 minutes till i turn 32! Happy birthdays come from my supervisors, after a couple of subtle hints. cut boxes, cut plastic, 2 hours flown by! time for break!  text Jenn, she calls. Ellie has been up since 7 or so. they are eating breakfast. Me? I'm not so hungry, ill just have another free coffee. I wish those 15 minutes would just creep by, instead, like a freight train they speed past. go back to work, cut boxes, cut plastic, 2:30, 2:30. come on 2:30! Justin brought me an energy drink for my birthday. Very cool man. :) time for Break! heat the risotto in one of the 4 microwaves we have for like 35 people. sheesh. I bet my pee will smell funny for the rest of the day! (it did) why does asparagus do that, again? Talk to Jenn - Wishes me a happy birthday :)  get back to work...cut, cut, cut. break time! a co worker is crying, is her mother ok? no, another problem has come to pass, I don't know what to say to her, all i can do is shake my head in disappointment. give her a pat of encouragement and off I go! Coming home to my beautiful house. My wife is walking into the bedroom, Ellie is napping in her crib. The sun is shining. I love it when I come home from work. I have to leave again, i have that Dentist appointment. Jenn wants me to take the vacuum to the shop, this thing is definitely from the 80s it's blue and it's a hoover and it reads decade 80 on it, in a kind of 2001: A Space Odyssey font. i load it into the car, and proceed to my appointment  I get to the dentist office and am greeted with a smile from the lady at the counter and a happy birthday! As the other assistants come out to wish me a happy birthday, I say, "Thank you, Happy New year!" I get a check up on the whiteness of my teeth after bleaching them for a month. good things. The dentist comes in, we start chatting about the new arrival in February and all the while the others were getting together to bring me a birthday cake. that's just awesome.  I am very grateful to call my dentist my friend, honestly, who does that for a patient? I know this is a bit long, I think the future posts will just be highlights of my day...this one can keep going, right up to this period (.) TIME FOR THE BED. WHAT AN AWESOME DAY.