Twenty four oceans

Today I turn twenty-four. Twenty four years (and one day) ago my poor mother's water broke while she was at my grandparents for lunch...shortly after, the world changed for ever. I was born.

Today passed with little fuss...in fact I’ve only been awake for half of it since I woke up at 1pm. The plan was to wake at 10.30, because I need to stop sleeping in so much, but it failed abysmally. The next few hours are a blur...I don’t remember what I did today, except that before I knew it, it was seven o’clock and I had to get ready.

Mum, Dad, Sister and I went out to dinner at small local restaurant and I’m totally full now, with no room for a cake. I actually had a cake last weekend with the Family at Large, so this will be number two for the year.

Twenty-four oceans
Twenty-four skies
Twenty-four failures
And twenty-four tries
Twenty-four finds me
In twenty-fourth place
With twenty-four drop outs
At the end of the day

Life is not what I thought it was
Twenty-four hours ago
Still I'm singing 'Spirit,
take me up in arms with You'
And I'm not who I thought I was
Twenty-four hours ago
Still I'm singing 'Spirit,
take me up in arms with You'

I feel very dopey tonight, so there will be no witty remarks I’m afraid. I feel very huggy tonight...I’m hugging everyone I come into contact with. If I were a cat I’d be rubbing up against people’s legs and demanding attention. For the first time in many years my day actually started out being fairly ok on my birthday, pain-wise I mean, although as the day progressed it crept back. Before we left for dinner I took a largish dose of pain killers so I’m now sitting pretty (or lying pretty to be more accurate) watching One Tree Hill with Mum before bed.

The image with this post is a scan of the card Mum and Dad gave me…it sums me up quite accurately I think. And below are the lyrics to a song by Switchfoot, called Twenty Four, which was written on the eve of the lead singer’s twenty-fourth birthday. Such a beautiful song and so true of my life.

Anyway I’m off to watch some telly.