SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE A BIRTHDAY!!!

Personally, I don't pay much attention to birthdays (or the passing of the eons as I like to call them) but our household has another one approaching pretty quickly.  Yes, Sea Squirt is careening wildly, peddle to the metal into another one.  A week from today he hits 59.  I crunched the numbers.  If he were a dog he'd be dead.  As would his great-great-great-great grand puppies.  I would love to be 59 again.  As they say, you're only as old as who you feel up.  Or something like that...

I'm not quite sure how he feels about this yet.  He's the quiet one of us.  Hell, he wouldn't say anything even if he was on fire.  A couple of months ago I embraced 60 with a vengeance.  Drunk on what is left of my ass, dressed up funny and happily playing with fire.  Hey, what can I say, I just ain't subtle.  Yes indeed, Sea Squirt and I are complete bi-polar opposites.  When he says "tomato" I say "112".  When he says "potato" I say "112".  Yes, I'm nuts but at least I'm consistent.  He does not adapt to change well but I will do my best to help ease him into this new milestone.  I have my foam clown nose at the ready and am fully prepared to start juggling eels if that's what it takes.  Yeah, I love the little guy that much!!!

And it gets even better.  Sea Squirt comes from of those odd multi generational families.  The spread of years between his oldest sibling and his youngest sibling is 20 years!  As an only child myself I just can't imagine that.  Lord, how horny were his parents???  When he and I first met he was already a great-uncle.  Which automatically made me great-aunt Donn.  I abused the title at every possible opportunity.  So, last night he gets an email and finds out that one of his great niece's has finally given birth.  Can you say great-great uncle Sea Squirt???  How about great-great aunt Donn???  Wait...  Hold on a second here.  I'm sleeping with someones great-great uncle???  EWW!!!  That's kind of creepy.

At any rate, Sea Squirt is about to hit the last year of his "5's" whether he likes it or not.  And yes, I will be there by his side.  Steadying his walker...