Things with regard to my birthday went really well.
I was nicely left alone. The Dream really.
I did get a text from my half-brother, who I haven't spoken with in years.
We have a difference of political and moral opinion that i'm not about to budge on, especially with how things are now.
I do wish I could have a good relationship with them, but they were absent from a large chunk of my life because of their shitty mother who put them in situations where they never had a chance at a normal life.
In and out of prison and parole because of the people she associated with and a distinct lack of emotional maturity and morals that she never thought or cared to instill.
Suppose I got the good side of the coin with that one.
I know they're both happy and healthy, and that's good enough for me.
I'll tell that story sometime. The story of how I found my brothers after 20 years. However, that's for another day.