58th birthday blog

Today, November 20, 2015, is my 58th birthday. 

That means that, as of today, I have survived:

58*365 days + 14 leap-days  =  21,184 days; 

which equals

21184 * 24  =  508,416  hours

508,416 * 60  = 30,504,960 minutes

30,504,960 * 60 = 1,830,297,600 seconds.

One point eight three gigaseconds old! Time sure flies.

I am having a minimalist birthday today. I figure that I don’t have to do anything to turn 58, other than survive the day, so I’m taking it easy. All I plan is to share a cake with wife and daughter. No big birthday party; I hate the stress. I’d rather treat a birthday as a milestone rather than as a deadline.

This evening we three will go to see the last “Hunger Games” movie; and the evening after that I shall go to a poetry recital. A week later we’ll celebrate Thanksgiving at my brother’s. At my age I am happy to spread the birthday out over days.