The big FOUR O


There you go boy: 40 years old today. Or should we say ‘young’? Either way, it’s a milestone. I took a day off work to get to terms with it. If you consider this ‘halfway’, you could question what on earth I have been doing in the first half?!? Anything significant at all? Well, apart from meeting all you guys, getting all stressed up about study, work and theatre, and moving to Aussie with the love of my life, I guess the most significant achievement in my life so far is making it to my 40th birthday in one piece. Surely that counts for something, right?!? At least well worth a celebration.

The festivities started this weekend with a BBQ in the Adelaide hills with colleague Peter. To my great surprise his wife Sarah made me a real birthday cake. They even put candles on top! Now is that a real birthday or what?!?

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Anonymous said…
Hi guys!

Jan van harte gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag! Bedankt voor jullie kaart; volgens mij heeft Mike er ook een naar jou gestuurd. Ik vier het dit jaar niet, inderdaad te veel na 3 dagen carnaval (en dan was ik nog bescheiden met dit aantal haha). Op naar de 30! en jij op naar de 41! Maar geniet eerst naar van de 0. Dikke knuffel aan Mika. Kus Femke
February 6, 2008 at 6:43 AM
Anonymous said…
He schatje van harte gefeliciteerd met de big 40, ik hoop dat de kaart op tijd is...
want ik was wat afgeleid door carnaval maar goed het komt uit een goed hart....

IN IEDER GEVAL EEN HELE DIKKE KNUFFEL VAN UIT IJSSEL STEIN VAN RICI EN MIJ....
February 6, 2008 at 5:52 PM
Anonymous said…
Hiep Hiep hoera

Van harte gefeliciteerd met je deze bijzondere verjaardag !! Leuk om te lezen dat je verwent bent met echte taart.Fijne verjaardag en dikke kus Bianca
February 7, 2008 at 2:16 AM
Anonymous said…
Hoi Jan,

Ik was nog zo van plan om op tijd te zijn, maar zoals je ziet weer wat aan de late kant.
Gelukkig duurt het nog even voordat de volgende `big ..O' komt.
In ieder geval nog van harte en geniet ervan!

Groetjes Peter
February 10, 2008 at 12:37 AM
Anonymous said…
Jan & Mikaela, gefeliciteerd met weer een mijlpaal. Leuk om af en toe jullie blog te lezen.

Heel veel geluk samen,

Groet,
Jolanda van Os
February 15, 2008 at 11:00 PM
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