Happy Birthday to Me, and other things.

Oddly enough, this morning passed mostly like any other, with the eternal struggle of my need to get up, and my will actually to do it.
Bleary eyed is an understatement, try cataract eyed and blindfolded. However somehow I managed to get the right limb in the right hole of my clothing and stumble down the stairs to scavenge for food.
The post had not arrived so no huge pile of decorative paper was waiting for me, but what was there was extremely nice.

Not much in the present department either, but that was expected as I had used up my present fund last week on a huge drinking session in Aberdeen.
Yet as I sat down to force some orange juice down my neck, something hit me. Not my mother as expected; but more of the fact that I can now legally vote. Of all the things I can now do legally, that one struck me as being most poignant.
Maybe the fact that going down the pub has been a weekly occurrence for the last 6 months lessened the impact of what my new age can do. Ditto the ability to see 18 movies. The fact is the average guess at my age is 21, therefore I haven’t been ID’d ever.

It also struck me that there are a few things that I cannot yet do, such as hire a car. Depending on what you are after you need to be at least 21 and in some cases 25.

As we draw near to the end of today’s rant, I am just going to go slightly soft and give a dedication to some very dear friends of mine. Not some certain unmentionables that embarrassed me completely the other night, but two unsung hero’s of the IT world.
I am of course referring to Weevil – see the inspiration blog link, and her permanently chipper work mate Baldrick.
They have literally taken me in, well in to their warm, cosy office and have patiently put up with my weekly stupid questions. Supplying caffeine related beverages, and generally a genial time. More honest and hard working people you could not meet.
So here it is, ladies and gentlemen, please fill your glasses, and raise them in a very humble salute to my friends Weevil and Balders.