I’ve been anticipating this birthday for close to 10 years or more. Matt and I joked as young-ones long ago about where we would be at in our lives when we reached our “Jesus” year—33, the age he was during his ministry. What would our life circumstances be? Luckily, Matt reached his first and I got to tease the old-timer. Well, now it’s my turn. I had an interesting dream last night that I think serves as an omen of the year to come. We shall see if my interpretation rings true.
I woke up at 6am and went for a run. Yes, it was a far cry from my 30 kms three years ago, but in adding more yoga into my routine, the running fell away a bit. So while I am here and the physical demands are less, I’m trying to do both. But I only started last week because HEAT. Ghah! As it is, I start out in 26-27 degree weather and have to stay covered with long pants and shirt. No short shorts here! I’m sure I’ll bust them out in -2 at least once in December/January just because I want to feel the breeze on my skin again. Then again… I saved my special blue and pink kurta from Lucknow for today because you are supposed to wear new clothing for your birthday in India. I also bought a pair of jhumka earrings so I could trade out mine from Canada once in a while. We headed into Orchha to grab money for our rent and stopped in with our favorite shoe salesman. He is just the best and remembered my birthday, insisting on celebrating by buying me chocolate and a beverage. Take a look at the shoes I got—perfect match with my top! (Pictured above) The office also organized a surprise birthday party for me with cake, treats and gifts. Matthew coordinated a world-away effort to deliver me flowers. Yes, I got a bit tear-eyed over it. Thanks Hun. Apparently, it’s customary to feed the birthday celebrator. So I got fed lots more cake than I usually would eat. And wore it all over my face on numerous occasions. Customary or just fun? Not too sure! It was a nice sugar facial in any case. Venise and I are jetting out of work early (5:30pm) to catch a movie in Jhansi. Yes, it’ll all be in Hindi. Reminiscent of watching MI2 in Italy circa 2000. It’ll be fun to watch this film again with subtitles and see how close I was to understanding it. Hope to catch the kids again before school starts. It has really been a perfect day, despite being away from my family. I am thankful for those who stepped up and stepped in, knowing how much I would appreciate it at this time. Here's to my Jesus year and all that it brings with it!
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Gauri
10/16/2017 01:39:31 pm
Happy Birthday Ashley! It was indeed a very special day for you especially with Matt sending you the beautiful bouquet of roses.
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