~MrIQ

Yes, it’s that time of the year again. Another year older and hopefully at least a bit wiser. There’s certainly been quite few things during the past year that have thought me a lesson or two, not necessarily a good lesson, but lesson none of the less. My birthday passed quite unceremoniously. I did have my parents visit me, so at least I got a cake this year. But other than that it was quite a downbeat day. Miserable weather to start with - chilly and cloudy and then it poured down with rain whole evening. So didn’t end up doing anything else than go to sauna with a mate and then drink some beer while watching some footy at his place.

Not that I really wanted anything big. As you get older birthdays just seem to remind you of too many things that’ll just bring you down. Not that anyone has said it to my face, but I sense the feeling from so many people that they think of me as a failure for still studying at my age. Plus as you get closer to the round numbers (30 in this case) there’s more and more pressure to actually find someone to partner with and start making babies. I’m pretty sure my mother especially feels that way. Not that she says anything, but I’m sure she’d like to get some grandchildren sooner than later.

Also this time around my birthday reminded me of couple of things that I’d much rather forget. After my birthday last year certain things pretty much started to go tits up. And I’d gladly like to put all that behind me, but unfortunately that’s easier said than done. Especially given it’s not all down to just me. I admit that I’m the only one to get blamed for some things, but others deserve their fair share of the blame too.