Birthday Wrap-up!

It's been a while since we put up our last birthday post, so we're going to catch up a bit and celebrate all of them at once. If you think that makes your birthday seem less special because you have to share it with someone else, you have our apologies. And pity.

Reaching all the way back to when we were in the US, Michael "Double Daddy" Harris feted his 30th birthday this year by finishing 2 major projects for work, taking 3 exams for school, cooking 1 brisket for Passover, fathering 2 children, running a 1/2-marathon and still finding the time and energy to take his wife out to 1 dinner. For those of you who aren't enrolled in an MBA program, that works out to 2 * (3+1) * 2 + (0.5 * 26) + 1 = 30.

Next up on the birthday list, Mr. Dimitrios "Big Daddy" Alexandropoulos had another chronia pola this March. Although we couldn't be with him on his big day, Pegs and I marked the occasion by watching My Big Fat Greek Wedding again for the umpteenth time. No matter how many times I see that movie, I can't get over how eerily it parallels our lives: when we met, Pegs was Frump Girl working at a travel agency and I was a long-haired vegetarian high school English teacher. After that, the similarities become a bit more tenuous.

Today's birthday boy is Mr. Eric "Soon-to-be-Daddy" Schwesinger, who at this moment is almost certainly celebrating by smacking one of his six computer screens and exhorting his minions to "Trade faster, dumbass!" Seriously, though, Mr. Schwesinger is an excellent boss; this year he installed bedpans underneath the desks of his traders and set up a device that rewards them with a peanut every time they make $1000 on a trade.

Next up on today's birthday list is Jill "Baby Momma" Wasserman. This morning a Guinness representative called Jill to let her know that she had set another world record, this time for most days spent without sleep by a working mother. Her other world records include best delivery of pregnancy news, longest time accepting a spouse's Pound Puppy in her bed and curliest hair on a caucasian. Mike was just happy to get another case of free Guinness.

Finally, Ms. Amy "Who's-Your-Momma?" Harris rounds out our birthday post out on the West Coast. At least, I think that Amy's on the West Coast right now, although odds are equally good that she woke up this morning, grabbed a backpack and headed off to spend a year living with the natives in some remote place like Venezuela or India or Cleveland. No matter where you are, Amy, we hope you're having a good one and that you got all your immunization shots ahead of time. Especially if you're in Cleveland.