Gettin' on in years

I had a birthday a while back. Not long ago, I received a birthday card with this message:

Hi Alex,
I forgot your Birthday. See? That's what is means to get older.

Oh goodie.

As it turns out, the message was more or less accurate. Just last week there was a birthday party for our day-care provider's son. B and I were late - partly because B's nap ran long, but also because I clean forgot about it until, by chance, iChatting with my parents after B awoke brought it back to mind. My next thought was, of course, "oh crap, I meant to buy something two weeks ago!" The local bookstore was closed on a Sunday (???!!!), and we were already almost two hours late, so we also showed up empty handed. Yup, I'm gettin' on in years.