As my wife annually points out, I’m not great at birthdays. Mine or other people’s.
It’s not that I think they’re unimportant, but I just never seem prepared for them.
This year I got some small presents for the children to give and two tickets to see ‘Il Divo’ from me.
They make me smile for all the wrong reasons, but my wife really likes them. (Especially the Swiss one.)
Unfortunately, due to U2 giving an impromptu concert from the BBC building near Regents Park, I was late and worse; we couldn’t drive the way we wanted to.
Unsurprisingly we were late for the show and missed most of the first half.
I was so pleased to get there though, I didn’t even mind the £20 parking charge!
The four Mockra singers were very cheesy but surprisingly quite entertaining.
Most importantly though, I had a rare evening out with my wife and she had a good time.