Happy Birth Day To Me

Well, starting this year, I am officially celebrating my 28th birth day forever! My chronological age is 32, but it sounds old. I don’t feel like I am this old. I think the perfect age to be is 28! That’s why I am going to be celebrating my 28th birth day every year forever! I feel 28, I really hope I look 28, so I’m 28 damn it!

I am getting used to my birth day being an afterthought. Ever since we got married on March 3 2007, my birth day is sort of inconveniently squeezing itself between the Valentine’s Day and the wedding anniversary. Since for our wedding anniversary this year we’re going to New York City for 3 days, my husband’s words were, you know it counts as your birth day present too. Oh goody!

Actually I’m not complaining. Even though I wrote this post with a bit of a sarcasm, I think I do have it pretty good. So now, how old am I??

That’s right, 28!!

Oh Why, Oh Why You’re So High?

Guess what I’m talking about, my energy bill!

Can you imagine living without electricity?  I can’t.  It powers my alarm clock to which I wake up in the morning, makes my shower water hot before I go to bed and everything in between.  Electricity, you are my savior!  But it doesn’t come cheap, every month energy company sends me a bill for the luxury of having electricity.  For some people the bill amount is surprising, for others it’s expected.  But wouldn’t it be nicer to understand how this figure gets to be, so you can have a better control over your energy bill?

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