An earlier incarnation of myself used to refer to weeks like this as “birthday weeks.” Yeah, it took a whole week to squeeze in birthday activities back then, back when we had to go places and do things in real life.

Now I could have a virtual birthday in pretty much any way I wanted and celebrate with people all over the world, and I’m a few quick photoshops away from making it look like I went everywhere for my birthday too.

But my real challenge these days is making sure no one finds out it’s my birthday or knows how old I’m turning.

That one actually gets easier every year.