Thursday, May 4, 2006

Birthday in the Bay Area



Those of you who know me, know that I haven't lived in the Bay Area where I'm originally from since I moved to the Los Angeles area in 1992 to attend CSUN. Once in college I use to come home for every summer and winter break as well as for Thanksgiving, Christmas and my Birthday. Though After a few months at college and living on my own, I stopped coming home altogether except for the later three events/holidays. It just became more and more of a hassle to be home and see my family, mainly because my Mother would drive me crazy by talking to me like I still lived at home ( I really didn't like or get along with my Step Father either). Typical Mom shit I guess, but a little goes a long way and I divorced myself from all that nonsense a long time ago. Regardless it is almost May 6th and I am once again home for my Birthday. Unfortunately it is rather a different experience year since I moved back to the States after living in Europe for so long (3 years) and after the passing of my Father. Plus this year my extended family ( i.e. my Step family whom we usually celebrate with ) have season tickets to the San Jose Sharks and the day we were supposed to have our collective Birthday celebration ( my Step Brother and me are several years apart but only 3 days in terms of the actual date so we celebrate them together) was for the same day as a major game...I guess they made it into the playoffs or something. So now it is just a mellow weekend with my brother and cousin Cahna whom I haven't seen in awhile. I am also hoping to reconnect with some old friends I have not seen in a really long time. Either way it is not a typical Birthday celebration for me, but the older one gets, the less significance Birthdays have. At least for me.