I love my friends. I love my family. I appreciate their wanting to wish me a Happy Birthday, or otherwise involve me in activities by phone that I enjoy being involved in. There is not a single individual phone call — of the five I believe I received tonight — that I would rather not <\/i>have received.<\/p>\n
But in aggregate<\/i>, it made for a rather — harried evening. Maybe next year, we’ll go out … \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
On the other hand, there is little to warm the cockles of your heart during the day than to receive a phone call from your three-year-old singing you “Happy Birthday,” especially as accompanied by your wife. That was neat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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