30 Days of Birthday Awesomess: Day One!

I've always loved my birthday! Who doesn't love a day dedicated to celebrating them and the day they were born?! I also love other peoples birthdays! I think everyone should embrace the birthdays and celebrate like crazy. Through the years I've tried to find ways to make my birthday celebration to last longer and longer till finally I came up with birthday month! I was telling my friend Jack about it and he liked the idea so we decided to first do 25 days of Jack since he was turning 25 and then 30 days of Michelle (me) since I'm turning 30! Yes I can't believe I'm turning 30 but if I have to do it then what better way then with 30 days of celebrating?! I'm calling it 30 days of Birthday Awesomeness!

Yesterday was day one. It started by me working in the morning because even though I thought I'd be rich at 30, I still need my minimum wage job. While at work Jack came in and brought me a card that wished me a happy day one. It was so sweet and almost made me cry. He's such a great friend!

Later that day my sister posted this on my Facebook wall:

DAY 1:
A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double.
Thank you for being enough like me to be awesome, and enough not like me for us to enjoy our differences!
Happy First day of Michelle!

I loved it! She is such a thoughtful sister. And on a day that wasn't the best for her!










Later that night I went to see s special showing theater showing of Scarface. It was a lot of fun and I actually liked the movie better this time around then the first time I saw it. The only thing missing was my brother. He loves Scarface and it would have been nice if we could've watched it together. But I appreciate Brian leaving his work get together early to watch it with me.

So I had a great first day! It was much better then I thought it was going to be. And as I look forward to the next 29 days I know they are going to be amazing not because of all the events I have planned but because of the great people I get to spend them with! I have the best friends and family and that is the greatest gift I could ever ask for!

YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT....

Is there anything worth fighting for? If so, what? And how do you define fighting? Does it mean you have to be loud, mean, defensive? Or can you fight for something by using knowledge and truth to educate? There is much being said about Proposition 8 and I do not all the facts. I do know that I am voting yes and that this is something worth fighting for. I am voting yes to protect the sancitity of marriage. I am voting yes because the family unit is important to me. I'm voting yes to insure that I will be able to get married where and how I choose. I'm voting yes because I do not want adoption services to close their doors because they won't let homosexuals adopt children. I am voting yes so that my children won't be forced to learn about homosexuality in sex education. I am voting yes because I truly believe that this issue will change the world and that it is worth fighting for.

Anyone who knows me knows when I fight for something I am not quiet, nice, or politically correct. And my first impulse in regards to this issue is to get all worked up, argue, debate...basically do anything I can to get me point of view heard and seen. But someone dear to me taught me that you don't have to fight like that when you have the truth. You can use the truth to educate others. So I am going to try to resist the urge to argue and just educate.

Please take the time to educate yourself about Proposition 8. Please don't allow the media to sway you. There are so many resources out there. Here is a little video that breaks it down. It's easy to follow:

Here is a link to a wonderful hub about twin brothers with opposing views on the subject. Please read:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Identical-Twin-Brothers-One-Gay-One-Straight-a-Dialogue-Same-Sex-Marriage