For my birthday, I decided it was about time to have some Swedish girl once again attack my head with scissors. This time I had to pay 300 :- which is getting closer to $50 due to the decline strength of our dollar. Now you all know why my hair is usually long. My friends decided that I should go for a younger look, so I gave in and let them tell the hair dresser what to give me. Well, I guess it was a good decision because when I was done my friend said something along the lines of what a huge difference (she said it all in Swedish, but you don't need to know the details of everything she said) at anyrate, her words were very strong and it caused everyone in the salon to laugh and I think they were more surprised that I actually understood exactly what she said.... to make a long story short, she turned red and was quite embarrassed. The hair dresser also mentioned to me that I looked like a hunk, I think she was impressed with her own work.

After the hair-cutting experience, we went to look at some new glasses because lets face it, the persrciption I had was about 5 years old (same age as the glasses) and these glasses were the backup pair because my regular ones were broked during the Gris-Fest (pig party) back in May.... long story, but I was tackled by a Swedish girl in a huge pit of sawdust. Don't worry, I got her back! So we happened to get lucky and find a great pair of glasses super cheap, and better yet, the 200 :- eye exam was free because they forgot to bill me for it.

I actually feel quite young now exept for the constant pain in my knees from the Marines (unfortunately it seems to be getting worse and worse, I am more dependent on pain meds now, more than ever because I sometimes can't sleep through the night unless I take 2 tablets of Aleve before bed) but other than that, I look and feel young! As I should, because the way I see it, I am just half way up that mountain before I have reached the summit!

My birthday party was also good, it was not as large as I was hoping, but as I have always had to deal with, the end of August is usually the time when people are taking holiday, or they have those last few days before school starts, so they had made plans before they knew about my party which is ok with me. I am suppose to have another party when these people get back, but I think I will just incorporate it with the huge back to school kick-off party next week. Anyway, that was my birthday, and it wasn't too bad!