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TM prompt 237: birthday celebration
Jul. 23rd, 2008 07:16 pmIt's your birthday! If anything were possible, what would be your perfect way to celebrate?
Birthday, hm?
It's been a very long time since I had any reason to pay attention to the day I was born as anything but just another day--and one best spent on a job, at that. After all, every year just brought more concrete proof that they weren't effecting me the way they touched everyone around me, that all too soon I would find myself alone until some way of beating this curse the Army's scientists laid on me came to mind. ...I despise being maudlinand Wintergreen will yell at me, so I'll leave that at that.
But this year? This year may (depending on how the world decides to behave) be very different. I have two of my children alive, safe as any Titan could be, and speaking to me. My wife, by some still inexplicable method, is alive again--even more amazingly, she's still speaking to me--and with us. Perhaps most shocking of all, is that my oldest and best friend is not gone, but was brought back to us, in a way that means I should not lose him for... longer than it would have been.
So for a change, I may actually spend the Ides of March at home--well, one of the homes anyway. Probably the penthouse in New York, as it's easier for the kids to reach fairly quickly, without resorting to Raven's abilities--if they don't wind up off-planet that month. Also, if we were all in the house in Kenya (which will be rebuilt by that point, Wintergreen is intent on it, though we may change location slightly), I don't trust that something wouldn't happen, and rebuilding the house again in a year is a bit much.
I'd better mention those intentions in advance, though, or my entire family may decide to ignore the day as I typically do. That would be just a little too ironic. Hm. If I start arguing now, I might even win about the menu.
Birthday, hm?
It's been a very long time since I had any reason to pay attention to the day I was born as anything but just another day--and one best spent on a job, at that. After all, every year just brought more concrete proof that they weren't effecting me the way they touched everyone around me, that all too soon I would find myself alone until some way of beating this curse the Army's scientists laid on me came to mind. ...I despise being maudlin
But this year? This year may (depending on how the world decides to behave) be very different. I have two of my children alive, safe as any Titan could be, and speaking to me. My wife, by some still inexplicable method, is alive again--even more amazingly, she's still speaking to me--and with us. Perhaps most shocking of all, is that my oldest and best friend is not gone, but was brought back to us, in a way that means I should not lose him for... longer than it would have been.
So for a change, I may actually spend the Ides of March at home--well, one of the homes anyway. Probably the penthouse in New York, as it's easier for the kids to reach fairly quickly, without resorting to Raven's abilities--if they don't wind up off-planet that month. Also, if we were all in the house in Kenya (which will be rebuilt by that point, Wintergreen is intent on it, though we may change location slightly), I don't trust that something wouldn't happen, and rebuilding the house again in a year is a bit much.
I'd better mention those intentions in advance, though, or my entire family may decide to ignore the day as I typically do. That would be just a little too ironic. Hm. If I start arguing now, I might even win about the menu.
