Birthday postponed due to work

It's not been much of a birthday. Not the worst of birthdays either mind you - that dubious accord still goes to the time I was sent quite literally to Coventry and stuck in a small windowless office to work by myself for the day. Today's was pretty close though. The porn project has proven to be a complete mess and I've spent pretty much 13 straight hours in front of my laptop trying to get it sorted, hampered by network problems at every turn. My family ended up holding a birthday party in my honour outside in the garden, largely in my absence. I felt quite guilty about my minimal presence, but on the other hand I have people relying on me who are getting dumped upon rather badly over this whole sorry affair. From that perspective I suppose I received one of my favourite gifts today - the chance to charge in on my silver steed and rectify the grim wrongs wrought by others, to the acclaim and adulation of all.

I'm not sure it was worth it.