It's my birthday! ... So...

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When I was a kid, I used to count the days down till my birthday, and I used to get really excited because I know that my parents would throw a birthday party for me. It's always like that until I reached 18. There were only a few times when I didn't have a birthday party: one was when I was 13, I think, and my parents were overseas; another one was when I was 16 and I was working part time in a fast food joint and in a closing shift; there was one when someone in the family was sick, and of course, it's all right not to have a party then.. After my 18th birthday, my folks stopped throwing parties for me because I moved out already. So I started hosting my own not-so-big birthday parties. This year, unfortunately, recession hit our company and lots of changes occurred, like I was supposed to receive a monetary incentive this month, today to be exact, for perfect attendance - I was never absent nor late for even a minute for one year! I already had plans for it, like to use some to celebrate my big day.. But I guess we shouldn't really count the chicks before they hatch, so to speak.. So, no birthday party for me this year, I guess. But i still get to celebrate it with my loved ones and I'm well adn happy, and that's what counts.. Besides, there's always next year.. and the year after that.. and the next.. and the next.. ^_^ So what's your story?