Born on Feb 25th

It was her birthday and it was Wednesday, in the middle of an ordinary week. One of her girl friends at the same age sent her an email to wish her Happy Birthday. The friend teasingly asked her if she realized she is 36 now and how she feels about being 36. Her responses are as below:
Thank you for reminding me of my age. Now I am aware of it :-) I guess I am supposed or expected to feel old at the age of 36. But just don’t feel that way yet. The only sign of aging, in my own eyes, is the wrinkles in my face especially when I laugh. Other changes on me overtime, particularly mental changes, are the things where I have become more mature. You know I always wanted to be more mature. Besides, I am as energetic, as curious, run as fast, eat as much, and sleep as soundly as before. Well, there is a possibility that I am just not sensitive enough to feel physical degeneration, which is of course happening.
The day started as usual. He called her and told her how sorry he felt that he could not celebrate her birthday with her. She asked if she should feel sad and cry. As a matter of fact, she didn’t take the birthday thing seriously. But because of the conversation with him, she decided to observe and document things happening that day as a way to celebrate her own birthday.
A conference call with the moderators in Asia and other regions at 8AM (EST)
one two-hour meeting with the team
Lunch with A.C. to catch up on fun stuff
A call with the consultant (very productive and efficient)
Greet and meet with a new director for another asset
Working on multiple slides decks
Picking up the pictures in CVS (the quality was disappointing, need to practice more to improve LOMO skill)
Having dinner at friends’ house (so delicious that I overate and my stomach got upset without doubt)
Singing Karaoke with friends (they decided everyone pick a couple favorite songs and practice and then re-group to sing soon)
BTW, at 36, her blood pressure and heart beat rate are super: Systolic BP 93 mmHg and Diastolic BP 56 mmHg ; 58 BPM
At night, she was asking herself the old question: when in the life, if possible, do I wish to go back? The answer is an affirmative NO. There is no time period she wants to go back regardless of the fact that she was happier before. She looks forward to the future, like always. Contentedly, she sighed before falling asleep: what a nice birthday and what an outlook!