for the past few months i've been trying to get my head around the fact that this birthday will be the last that i celebrate in my 30s and that next year will be the big 4 0! i know, or at least, i've heard, that 40 is a wonderful age....new beginnings, etc. etc. and i do believe this, it is just really the thought of reaching that number, of not being in my 30s. it wasn't too long ago really when 40 was considered old age, and then it became middle age, and now, well, really i'm not too sure, but after i saw the pictures of those brazilian grandmothers, i have to say that maybe being 40 isn't old at all. it is really not being thirty-something that will take some getting used to, but i have (almost) a whole year to get used to it. 40 seems so grown up!
having said all that, i don't feel any different now, after my birthday, to how i felt the day before or the day before that, so maybe a number is just a number (says the aspiring numerologist). i have just entered year 2 of my current cycle, so i have the right to be sensitive (lots of pampering required!).
age issues aside, i had a wonderful birthday. starting on thursday night, we had a fun evening at sherri's, which ran till really late, so i started my birthday there – there were cookies and candles and singing. after a short sleep i was woken up on friday morning by three little munchkins with balloons and coffee in bed (no, the munchkins didn't bring it in) and after we took the kids to school we had the whole day to ourselves, to do the things that i wanted to do. we went to 'habaron' to buy dinner and then went to the yaffo flea market. we hadn't been there for years (the last time we went we had the girls with us) it is so much easier without kids (sorry girls, love you, but i know that just isn't your scene). the market seemed much tidier and cleaner than before, much larger too. we had a look at some great furniture, for my office, when we move, and i bought some clothes...birthday pressies from you (claire and si and the girls) so, thanks!
we had brunch at the famous dr. shakshuka's. it's been so long since i ate there, the last time was when i was really young, i can't believe that i couldn't even finish a pan of shakshuka in those days! and then went on to tel aviv, to the craft market at nachalat benyamin. i hadn't been there in ages either, it was fun to look at all the crafts and fantasize about (making and) selling my own stuff there one day....then it was back home to rest before a 'habaron' dinner with my parents....oh, and if you were wondering, mom and dad fetched ben and the girl's went to the sharon's (lior's) while we were in tel aviv. so thanks to mom, dad and rinat, for allowing me to have such a fun day.
birthday celebrations continued to the next day....lunch with the parents (we bought lots of food from habaron) and inbal's surprise birthday party in the evening. it was a karaoke party....which was lots of fun with half the guests being actors (most of the mama cast was there). great party, great fun, and of course, as usual, great food. oh, and believe it or not i even sang! maybe being 39 isn't that bad after all.
habaron - friday morning
yaffa flea market
nahalat benyamin arts and crafts market
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