It’s my birthday!
Yes! Today is my birthday and I wanted to write a quick post about it because it’s the first time I’m spending this special day in Spain since 2005! From 2006 to 2015 I spent all my birthdays in China, even though in 2011 I was not living there but I had a business trip to Suzhou that fell right on my birthday’s week (and I found a cake in my hotel room, courtesy of the hotel!). Last year we were travelling and my birthday was in Amsterdam (actually, on the morning of my birthday I was on a plane from Paris to Amsterdam but the airline didn’t give me a cake. Boooh!).
So, the last time I spent my birthday here I was turning 21. Today I’m turning 33 and I have a lot of things to be grateful for. Let’s make a brief list:
- I’m healthy, according to my last check-up (and the Chinese masseur I visited the day before departing from China even told me I’m very flexible! Who would have thought! I always thought I was like a piece of wood!).
- I found someone dumb enough to… ahem, I mean, I married a wonderful guy and we will have our third (and final, thank gosh) wedding in a few days.
- I enjoy my job (despite all the problems, daily messes, office drama, etc. But is there any job without those…?).
- I have a great family and they are healthy too (although some members of this household might not be able to wear their wedding clothes because they weight 100 kg now… ahem my dad…).
- I have many friends, even though I cannot see them as often as I’d like. But several of them will attend the wedding, including some I have not seen in years! (I think the record will be set by a former classmate which I haven’t seen in 9 years! I was delighted when she agreed to come to the wedding all the way from the north of Spain! These days I have also reconnected with many others and it feels like time didn’t pass!).
- I only have a few white hairs on the sides and I’m pretty much wrinkle free. I’ve lost weight in the last year and I can still wear the skirts I bought when I was 18. (I think I’m currently the skinniest I’ve ever been. Which is not skinny, but enough for me! And I did not “suffer” to reach this weight, I only stopped eating crap).
But, despite the last point in the list… tonight there will be cake!!!
Happy birthday to me!!
Happy birthday!!! Enjoy your day <3
Thank you!! And thanks for the visit, what an honor *^_^*
Happy Birthday! And many, many more!
Thank you!!
Happy Birthday! Have an awesome day and enjoy your cake! xo
Thank you! I ended up having a palmera de chocolate xD
:) YUM!
Happy birthday! Don’t worry, there are ZERO calories in birthday cake! (Well that’s my philosophy!)
Once a year it’s fine right? xD
You forgot to mention you are thankful for your Blogging friends. :). Happy Birthday!
I am indeed thankful for all my wonderful blogging friends hehe. Thank you!
:)
Happy birthday :)
Thank you!
Happy Birthday :)
How nice that you can spend this day after so many years again back home! Though I had since 2015 my birthdays again back home (after being away since 2003 till then) I did not celebrate anything at all, not even my 30th birthday this year. Only went eating with my family and that is all about celebrating for me :)
You are so young and you already have 2 kids haha. It blows my mind. I think the average age of having the first baby in Spain is 32 years old xD
Yeah we were earlier than many others with the kids. However nearly all of my wife’s friends had kids the same time as we ! But then again 90% of my friends don’t have kids nor are they married
Oh and my brother is 50 and is without kids and is not married either…
Happy Birthday Marta!🎂
Thank you!
Cake is awesome.
And I love eating food that is bad for you…like cake. So not eating cake IS suffering.
Therefore, you clearly suffered for your thin physique!
I used to like sweets but now I can only eat a little bit before I start feeling unwell. I think I might be becoming allergic to sugar, haha.
It’s true! If I don’t have sugar for a while, it gives me a head-ache.
Warmest wishes for your birthday Marta. You definitely have so much to be grateful for. It’s so lovely to hear. Happy Birthday!🌸🎁🎉
Thanks a lot Sue!
Happy Birthday!!!! Young as always and amazing you can wear skirts from a long time ago. I can also fit into my shirts from them… 😁 Have a good day 🎂🍰😊
Thanks, Mabel!
祝你生日快乐 and feliz cumpleaños!
谢谢 and gracias! *^_^*
Feliz cumpleaños Marta! Que tengas una maravillosa boda, y de verdad muy feliz de haberte conocido <3 Espero volver a Suzhou pronto!
Muchas gracias Cass! ven cuando quieras! bueno, ahora no, cuando yo esté :D
estuve recién unos días en Shanghai y me dieron muchas ganas de ir a Suzhou pero preferí aguantarme así voy cuando estén ustedes hahaha
It’s a great idea to count your blessings on your birthday. Life is good. Happy birthday!!
Thanks a lot, Nicki!
Happy Birthday…I know I’m late to the party, but…
Good post.
God bless.
Thank you! In Spain we say better late than never ;)
Happy Birthday!
Thank you!
Belated Happy Birthday!!
Thanks a lot!
Happy Birthday!
And your dieting advice made me laugh, “I didn’t change my eating habits, just stopped eating crap.” Love it.
You definitely have a lot of things to be grateful for, and you’re an awesome person for recognizing all of it and writing about it! Makes me think that I should be grateful for what I already have as well.
Hope you had a great birthday… and I still can’t believe you planned three weddings, haha.
I think most than anything what made it was not eating outside. All my years in China I had been eating outside basically the whole time, and when you eat outside you don’t control oil and salt levels and almost always eat too much and very caloric things. Now at home I prepare everything myself from scratch! And I don’t buy chips, cookies, sugary drinks and things like that.
Well, I only planned one wedding. The first one was just signing the papers, which only involved preparing the documents and booking hotel and tickets to Nanjing. The one in Suzhou was organised by C.!