JB Birthday Love

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Tomorrow, Feb. 6th is my birthday. I'm going to be 23...old!!!

I'm having a little gathering...or "gaggle" is what String Bean called it...at Be Bar tonight. We'll be celebrating right into my birthday and I'll have some of my favorite people around me at 12:00 am when it becomes official. The kids are saying they will be out hunny...I'll post pictures!

Like every year, I went to get tested at Whitman Walker clinic. I'm happy to say that I'm negative...more importantly, I know my status. Get tested!

Aside from that, this year's birthday celebration will be relatively quiet...not like the month of celebration for my 21st. As I get older, I just want to spend time with the people I care about. I find myself more and more, every year around this time, being ever more grateful for everything and everyone I have. I'm surrounded my love and prosperity. Some months I just scrape up enough for the rent, and some days people piss me off. But, when I add it all up, I am privileged beyond imagination.

I am not bitter. I am not jaded. I am not perfect and I don't have everything I want. I am simply grateful for everything I have...including a heart full of love to give to those in my life who deserve it.

Happy Birthday to Me!
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Song du jour: "Out of the Belly"- Kim Burrell