Blah November 8, 2009

Normally, I’d have a lot to say about how wonderful the past few days have been and how excited I am about the upcoming days. Today, however, I’m writing because the past few days have really sucked. In my last article, I described how awesome birthday-versary has been in the past and how this year, since we’re on a budget, I expected fewer gifts and trips. I also discussed Ycombinator and what a great opportunity it is if selected. Well, I wasn’t selected by Ycombinator and I didn’t do anything for my birthday.


Thursday, I received the generic “We’re sorry, we don’t want you, and we hope the best for you” email. At first, I was really upset because I am so ready to start my own business and get out of FREAKING Orlando. I wouldn’t say that my current job sucks, but it’s just SO boring. We don’t have anything to work on; so for 10 hours a day, 4 days a week, I surf the net. This seems like a dream come true, I know, I thought the same thing at first. I would catch up on all my blogs, plan my workouts and diet plans, you know, get other things accomplished. This worked for maybe the first week. It’s been months now and I’m truly over it. I want something to do, something to keep me occupied for 10 hours. That’s a long time to sit at a desk with nothing to do. I really like the people but I absolutely do not want to be there anymore. Given my intense dislike for my current situation, you can see how I’d be upset. But, I gave it some thought and decided it’s their loss. They are missing out on the millions of dollars they would have made after my exit. I also decided that I was trying to take the easy way out by just filling out an application to basically get a ready made company. Everything would have been handed to me; they would tell me what to do next instead of figuring it out; they would bring the investors to me instead of having to seek them out . So, while being accepted would have been awesome, not being accepted won’t kill me or my company.


As you can see, I was really trying to stay positive so close to my birthday, which was the following day. I wanted to be happy about the day’s events. Now, here we are on Friday, “It’s my birthday!!” My boyfriend wakes me with “Happy Birthday Baby.” (Aaaawww so sweet.) I knew that today’s events were going to be no where near as extravagant as they have been in the past, we’re on a budget, but I still expected to have fun. I opened my cards and they were nice, very thoughtful. He also gave me a couple of DS games, one of which I already have so I’d have to return. I didn’t really expect gifts, so it was a pleasant surprise. Now, before I describe the rest of the days events, I’d like to give a little background info. I love my birthday. It’s a day I don’t have to share with anyone; it’s all about me. I want November 6 to be unlike any other day that year. I just want that day to be special. Since, I wasn’t sure that my boyfriend would be able to plan something on a budget (it’s not his normal thing), I asked him to let me know if he couldn’t come up with anything because “I don’t want to do dinner and a movie for my birthday.” Those were my exact words. Well, guess what we did… lunch and a movie. It wasn’t even a movie that I wanted to see. The movie was actually ok, but I’ve been begging to see another movie that he keeps avoiding. The least he could have done was taken me to see that. After the movie, I tried to liven up the evening by calling a couple friends to hang out with us downtown. I like them and enjoy hanging out with them, but it just didn’t feel like a special day.


And there you have it, that’s how my f@&*ing birthday sucked a$$.

Advertisement