{"id":45426,"date":"2020-07-14T16:18:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T16:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=45426"},"modified":"2020-07-14T16:18:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T16:18:31","slug":"special-day-my-half-b-day-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/special-day-my-half-b-day-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"SPECIAL DAY: MY HALF B-DAY 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

MY HALF B-DAY 2020<\/h1>\n

I don\u2019t usually celebrate my half birthday here in INAM<\/em>, (this is actually only the second<\/em> time I\u2019m ever doing it!,) but since I don\u2019t have much else to write about these days, I figured\u2014why not? This time, it is<\/em> about me!<\/p>\n

\"Its-my-half-birthday-1-580x386\"<\/a>When I discussed it in 2014, I told you about the only half birthday party I\u2019ve ever had, (which you can still read here: itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/special-day-happy-half-birthday-to-me<\/a>,) but I neglected to tell you about my favorite gift<\/em> then. (Yes, I did<\/em> allow gifts because A\u2014since I had to cancel my full<\/em> age party that had been planned for six months prior, my guests still had the presents they had gotten for me than, and B–have you met<\/em> me???)<\/p>\n

That perfect gift was from my two young Italian pals, Stefano and Luca. I already loved these guys, and didn\u2019t think it was possible for them to get any better. But when they heard Mr. X do a small and comic *putdown of me, (or my outfit,) and they gently reprimanded him for it, I was extra<\/em> in love with them. And when I saw their gift, I almost ran away and married them both<\/em>! *[Note: My other pals and I knew that what Mr. X said was funny, and just part of his and my basic life ongoing comedy routine, but since English was not their first language, my Italian pals took it the wrong way for me. Gotta love that!)<\/p>\n

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The front of the cookbook my thoughtful Italian pals gave me.<\/p><\/div>\n

This is what their present was, with the background first, of course: I\u2019m a restaurant critic, (so, food-obsessed,) and Stefano and Luca are both from Italy, (Torino, to be exact,) and worked in an upscale restaurant, (so, also food-obsessed,) so they gave me…a beautiful cookbook of Northern Italy! I got the reason right away, but, just in case I hadn\u2019t, they said, \u201cGet it? Half<\/em> Italy for your half<\/em> birthday!!!\u201d Could a gift be any more clever and thoughtful??? And remember\u2014these were very young guys, in their early twenties. Their parents obviously raised them well. And, of course, not only do I still have the book, but, in my way overcrowded house, I know exactly where it is! That\u2019s amazing in and of itself.<\/p>\n

So maybe I\u2019ll just break it out and cook a dish from it to celebrate my half bday today. And hope that Mr. X will give me one of the humorous homemade cards he\u2019s famous for.<\/p>\n

\"lg_EM01-10876\"<\/a>Or maybe I\u2019ll make a cupcake and share it with Mr. X, so we both have half<\/em> of one. The celebration possibilities are endless! Well, not really\u2014anything in the culinary department will have to be with ultra-limited isolation ingredients. And I can\u2019t get any gifts because no one should be out at a store these days, except for essentials once a month!<\/p>\n

So, today, I\u2019m just really happy to be alive to celebrate another half year of life. I mean it! And I look forward to next January 14, my actual<\/em> birthday, and hope that I\u2019ll be celebrating that<\/em> one with a coronavirus vaccine<\/em> instead of coronavirus isolating<\/em>. Now I just need a candle in a cake today upon which to make that wish.<\/p>\n

Happy Half Birthday to me!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MY HALF B-DAY 2020 I don\u2019t usually celebrate my half birthday here in INAM, (this is actually only the second time I\u2019m ever doing it!,) but since I don\u2019t have much else to write about these days, I figured\u2014why not? This time, it is about me! When I discussed it in 2014, I told you<\/p>\n

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