I was planning on celebrating my birthday this year, for a change. (Feeling a bit lonely and apart from the world lately.) But as usual, it looks like it won't happen. Having your birthday on the 29th of July is hell for planning. Most people are away on vacation, I'm only coming back the 28th myself.

And then there's always the family/friends thing. Although my mom is rather "hip", I don't want to mix friends with grandparents and aunt and such. My friends are too weird for that. :-p So I'd need to plan 2 dates.

So the 29th of July I'll probably invite my family (most likely only my parents and perhaps my aunt from Deventer will come) and just skip the friends thing. I don't like celebrating birthdays months after the real date. (It just looks as if you only want presents. Why else call it birthday and not a random party?) And the first weekend of August is Castlefest. Since Enschede is from about anywhere in the country a 2 hour journey, I don't think many people will come from Castlefest to Enschede.

The two weekends after that Matthijs will probably be at the sailing school in Harderwijk, and I really want him to be at the party. Last weekend of August/first of September is an EE weekend. And well, then we are in September already.

It's just like with the housewarming party: I want to do it, but keep postponing with stupid excuses until it is too late. I should've combined housewarming and birthday somewhere in June.

So... probably no birthday party this year either.