Happy Birthday to me

41. XLI. A prime number. Cool.

XL

Happy Birthday to me.




Yep, I've reached the big 4-0. And I couldn't be happier about it. The decade of my 30's started out real good with the birth of my son, but after that it was pretty much a crappy ten years. Easily the worst decade of my life, so far.

What will my fifth decade of life bring? I have no idea but I'm ready for it. Bring it on.

No mid-life crisis here. Nope. Sure I'm not where I want to be personally or professionally, but there's plenty to look forward to. Life is just too good.

Yeah, I'm generally an optimistic person.

What am I doing today? Aside from one errand that I've got to do this morning, which I may blog about at some point, absolutely nothing. Well, nothing else is on the schedule, let's put it that way.

Things that happened on my birthday

I've been tagged by the incomparable bluez for this assignment.

I should clarify that today is not my birthday. That happened just about a month ago.... ;>)

I have to find my birthday on Wikipedia and list three events, birthdays and a holiday that happen on that day. I've added three deaths too, just to be a trifle morbid.

June 25^th is the 176^th day of the year (177^th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 189 days remaining in the calendar year after this date.

Three Events that happened on June 25^th:
1788 - Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1876 - Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
1947- The Diary of Anne Frank is published.

Three births that occurred on June 25^th:
1903 - George Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair), British writer (d. 1950)
1945 - Carly Simon, American singer
1947 - Jimmie Walker, American actor (Good Times - "Dy-No-Mite!")
1969 - yours truly.

Three deaths that occurred on June 25^th:
1533 - Mary Tudor, queen consort of Louis XII of France (b. 1496)
1673 - Charles de Batz-Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan, Captain of the Musketeers under Louis XIV of France (b. 1611)
1997 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French oceanographer and explorer (b. 1910)

One holiday/observance that occurred on June 25^th:
Holiday - Mozambique's Independence Day
Observance - National Catfish Day

Ok, Since I haven't tagged anyone for anything in a while, I'm going to tag: AM, Southern Sweetheart, Kayla, Kristi, Lee Ann, and JLee.

38 Special

That would be me, in case you're wondering.

Sometimes I feel like this...

but most of the time, lately, I feel like this...