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Happy birthday, Shalar!
posted by Kristina @ 12:47 AM  
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Let me be the first to wish my very, very good friend and most excellent travel buddy, Shalar, a happy birthday! 39 never looked so good!

Last year my birthday fell smack in the middle of our baseball trip, and it was a fantastic day. It didn't hurt that we were on Martha's Vineyard for that leg of the trip and many friends were there to toast the happy occasion and everything was just right. This year we were aware during the planning that Shalar's birthday would be part of our experience, so let me take this opportunity to make sure she doesn't have to post her own birthday balloons.



A few words about Shalar, our birthday girl: She's awesome. I am so lucky to have known her these last, I dunno, 28 years? I can't imagine a better friend to travel with on a trip like this. She's so laid back and mellow about everything, including the many incidents of lateness that I force upon her, and even though she isn't driving an inch of the shared travel time (wait, that's not true -- she did drive us to dinner last night), she hasn't slept for even a second of the miserable hours we've spent on the road. She keeps the exhausted driver company and listens to the exhausted driver tell really tedious stories that have already been told before, often just a day earlier. She just all around rocks, and if you are reading this and you're fortunate enough to know Shalar and have her in your life, too, it'd be appropriate to take several minutes and think about how danged great she is and how much better the world is because of her.

Happy birthday, Shalar!
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