It´s lingering ...
Soon, very soon. Not that I am someone who is celebrating Birthdays. In fact I am avoiding them since decades. People who know me well will not expect Birthday wishes from me. At least I hope they don´t do it anymore. Usually I take some vacation around my Birthdays because I just want to enjoy the summer days without work. Then, every year, I promise myself to ignore that "special day" completely. But it doesn´t work. My mind tells me "Happy Birthday" more than once during the day. And at some point I get a bit sentimental. Sentimental because on that day I inevitably remember the Birthdays of my life so far and of course I wish I could have someone very close around me who treads me like a Birthday Girl ... It wasn´t in my cards so far. This year I also will have some vacation around the Big Five. The plan is to avoid it - like every year - and to even be miles away from my mobile phone, my laptop and therefore internet in general. Well, we´ll see. I will tak...