Birthday Bashes!!

Its so funny how birthday are so significant in our lives, though all it does is increase an year in our already aging body, but has our mind matured to reflect the age of its package?? thats a different ball game altogether.....

Mine falls invariably on the 15th of the first month of every year(?)!! Coupled with the celebrations of Pongal/Sankranthi sometimes it goes unnoticed..but later the second day of pongal was remembered for my birthday by my near's & dear's...funny aint it especially when the second day of Pongal is Mattu Pongal., a day dedicated to cows for all the slogging they do the whole year.....you can guess what ragging i undergo every year!!

When I was younger, i used to be awed at the Birthday parties happenning at my friends houses. My main aim those days was to have my own party where I could blow candles and cut the cake. Have presents, open them and be pleasantly suprised!! But having parties and cutting cakes are not part of our house tradition and culture. We get to wear a new dress, distribute choclates at school and go to the temple in the evening!! Amma makes my favorite semiya payasam that day specially for me. But that is it!! Having a party is unheard off....

I could not convince my parents for party for myself so I had a birthday party celebration for my doll. I was about 6 years old then. I remember amma made me a rava kesari in the form of cake and she made my doll dress with choclate wrappers. My dad named my doll that day. It was an old doll, a family heirloom kinds!! He named it Muditha (For happiness)!! From that day on we called her Muditha. My friends came home and we cut the kesari with great aplomb, had fun and ate lot goodies which amma usually makes!!

I was 12 years old when I had a tantrum that I want to have a party with all the frills of cutting cake etc etc.......This time my parents conceded defeat and got me a cakes, candles and all the drill!! I had my pictures taken too! But I dont remember much about that day, but I remember that I felt very special and happy...

zoooooommmmm...vrooooooom.....Back to the present day!!! Jan 14th midnight, am fast asleep. Am woken up by my friend calling me to wish me!! Am like "er!! what!! Oh!! Thank u!!" She is like " My goodness! I stayed awake to wish you and you are fast asleep"!!
I slowly wake up to find the house in darkness!! Where's dear hubby!!
Just then I hear the key on the door slowly turning and my hubby peeping in to see why there is light in the hall when he knew i was fast asleep in the bedroom!! He find me standing in the hallway foolishly clutching the phone and still not comprehending what is happening!!

He comes in wishing me Happy Birthday with cake, flowers and champagne ..... in that order!!
What a suprise!!

This has been the routine for the past 3 birthdays as a married woman! One of the many occasions i truly am happy to have a doting husband!!
Let's see how many years I get to enjoy such luxuries!!