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When I asked my boss for my birthday off, I was told that in order to grant my request, she would have to have my word that I would detail the happenings of my birthday for her. I thought that perhaps she was taking \u201cliving vicariously\u201d a bit too far, but I agreed.<\/p>\n

Taking my birthday off was, of course, all part of my master plan. I was able to spread the event across two days because my colleagues acknowledged it the day before (Wouldn\u2019t we all spread it across the entire week, if we could?). I was presented with a birthday cake, a giant chocolate chip cookie, and various birthday cards<\/a><\/strong>, suggesting the gifts and cake and ice cream that might be in store the next day. If there is anything bad about being born in January, it may be that your friends and colleagues are all on diets and refuse to partake in the birthday goodies! Oh well, more to take home.<\/p>\n

I headed home that night with my arms full of left over birthday cake and presents. Out of habit, I woke up around seven the next morning, but I smiled and rolled back over to enjoy an extra couple of hours of sleep. When I finally got up, it was a little after nine and I wondered how I would spend my morning. A friend called and offered to take me to iHop<\/a><\/strong>, and I wondered no more. Eggs, bacon, coffee, and a never-ending stack of pancakes \u2013 it sure beats the instant oatmeal I toss in my bag on usual mornings while I\u2019m rushing out the door!<\/p>\n

I stopped at Mom & Dad\u2019s after breakfast, where I was presented with cards from them and from my little brother, who isn\u2019t very little anymore, considering he\u2019ll be twenty-five this July. I reminded my mother that I am officially \u201cpushing thirty\u201d now, and it made me feel a little better that, while I may be kissing my twenties goodbye in another year, she\u2019s the one who has to come to terms with the fact that her oldest is about to enter a new decade. Perhaps I should send her a Thinking of You card<\/a><\/strong> around New Year\u2019s, 2009!<\/p>\n

With birthday cards often comes money or gift cards, both of which I received that afternoon. I immediately high-tailed it to Best Buy<\/a><\/strong> and spent it all in no time flat. I have a few talents, but spending is the one I excel at most. I was home in time to watch Oprah <\/a><\/strong><\/em>as I logged on to my email to see who else had remembered my birthday with greetings and well-wishes. Then it was off to dinner with another friend. The scale may not like me too much after my day of pancakes and cheese fries, but my stomach was quite satisfied!<\/p>\n

Before I knew it, it was another morning of the alarm clock ringing and me having to figure out what I was going to wear to work. I got to my desk this morning and thought how glad I was to have left all the birthday cards<\/a><\/strong> on my shelf on Monday afternoon instead of taking them home. My birthday may be over in the official sense, but those cards allow me to extend the feeling a little longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taking off from work on your birthday allows you to enjoy the simple pleasures of life….food, friends, and sleeping in late!","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1292,31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-occasions-and-celebrations","7":"category-business-birthday-cards","8":"cs-entry"},"yoast_head":"\nHow I Spent my Birthday - Gallery Connection<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-birthday-cards\/how-i-spent-my-birthday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How I Spent my Birthday - 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