My Birthday

This morning my human informed me that today is my birthday. 

This means, I am told, that I was born four years ago today. I'll admit I don't remember it. 

Observing birthdays like this is a quaint and apparently harmless outgrowth of humans' obsession with time. A person celebrating a birthday gets special attention and sometimes gifts or special food. Sometimes they are encouraged to spend time doing what they most like to do. This sounds good to me!

So, what would I most like to do? Luckily, it is sunny today, so one of my favorite activities--Napping in the Sun--is available to me. 

Another favorite--Looking out the Window--is more rewarding on a sunny day like this, so I'll try that later in the afternoon. It's amazing the sorts of things I see sometimes. 

For gifts, I'll try spending a little extra time near my human, and maybe I'll get a few extra scratches behind the ears.

My human is planning to prepare special food today as well, but she says that's for Valentine's Day. I'm not sure what that is, or why it's on my birthday, but if I figure it out I'll let you know.