birthday

i am writing this the day before my birthday.  at work, when someone has a birthday it is recognized in some way.  one of my friends at work had her birthday a few weeks ago. she's a year younger than me. she is fairly new but being born under the same sign, we have already gotten to become good friends.  we both did not want our birthdays to be recognized but one of our supervisors thought of having a birthday calendar put together so what we were afraid of was unavoidable.  when my friend's birthday came, she said our supervisor made a group of kids sing happy birthday to her.  today, two new employees came in for work.  it's their second day.  one of them mentioned it was her birthday yesterday (?). my friend then walked into the office and told me, "you're not getting away with your birthday (being on a day that i don't work)."  i know she will find a way to make me go through some painful recognition of my birthday when i go back to work on wednesday. i know everyone at work will sign a birthday card and give it to me on wednesday, also.  (they like to give birthday cards the day after someone's birthday if the person did not work on their birthday. one of the things i don't understand.  i prefer the day before so it doesn't seem late).

i'm definitely going to have to keep an eye on my friend on wednesday.